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Wolde, Hirut; Bhattacharya, Rina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

, particularly on exports. We then go on to 'augment' the standard gravity model with relevant variables from the World Bank …

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The marginalization of Africa in world trade:

Bora, Saswati; Bouet, Antoine; Roy, Devesh - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

"In recent years, trade in Africa has assumed greater importance as a means of alleviating poverty, especially since the initiation of the Doha Round for development. At the same time, skepticism regarding the effectiveness of foreign aid has grown (Easterly 2006). Trade and aid have often been...

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Doing Business in Mexico

Zimmermann, Thomas A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

On 1 July 2001, a far-reaching free trade agreement between the EFTA States and Mexico entered into force. ”Doing Business in Mexico” provides targeted assistance to Swiss Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) that wish to tap the potential of Mexico as both an export destination and...

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East Asia's Economic Development cum Trade "Divergence"

Ishido, Hikari - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004

This paper addresses some salient features of how some of "successful" East Asian economies have been faring in terms of enhancing their export competitiveness. That export becomes more divergent in terms of its unit price as more technology-enhancing economic activity is undertaken within an...

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Trends in Australian Agriculture

Commission, Productivity - Productivity Commission, Government of Australia - 2005

This research paper examines some of the key trends in Australia’s agriculture sector over the last 20 years or so. While continuing to grow in absolute terms, the size and importance of agriculture has declined relative to the rest of the economy. Within the sector, there have been marked...

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The Complete Issue

Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the … - In: Integración y Comercio / Integration and Trade 34 (2012) 16, pp. 1-128

This issue of the Journal is devoted to physical integration in Latin America. The Editorial Committee set about designing the contents with a call for papers, which suggested topics and questions that focused on the subject while covering a broad spectrum. Regional physical integration is...

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Distribution of Export Price Risk in a Developing Country.

Bourguignon, F.; Lambert, S.; Suwa-Eisenmann, A. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 1996

We address the issue of social distribution of an aggregate risk (on agricultural export price), in a macro-economic perspective. Individual incomes in representative social groups are computed as a function of export prices, which are assumed to be stochastic, using an applied general...

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Speed Money: Time, Corruption, and Trade

Shepherd, Ben - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper shows that longer trade times are associated with higher levels of trade-related corruption, consistent with a theoretical framework in which “fast” producers earn higher profits than “slow” ones, but may have to pay “speed money” to possibly corrupt customs officials....

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Trade Productivity Upgrading, Trade Fragmentation, and FDI in Manufacturing: The Asian Development Experience

Singh, Nirvikar; Mora, Jesse - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2012

relationships between the nature of exports and imports and growth, as well as the relevance of FDI as a channel for these … relationships. We find that FDI is often positively correlated with higher productivity levels in exports and imports. The effect … fragmentation. In turn, both imported intermediates and exports that are associated with higher productivity levels are positively …

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The source of sustainable growth in Costa Rica

Nabeshima, Kaoru; Ito, Tadashi; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

Costa Rica has some concerns for the "middle income trap" stemming from her perceived weakening export competitiveness, intensifying competition in attracting FDI inflow; and apparent lack of innovation capabilities. Quantitative analyses on the impact of recent FTAs suggest only large firms...

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