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Information and Communications Technology in the Middle East: Situation as of 2010 and Prospective Scenarios for 2030

Abbassi, Jawad - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 2011

This study analyzes the progress in information and communication technologies (ICT) in eleven MED countries and how they compare to the rest of the world in terms of sectorâ€™s sophistication and development. In recent years, most countries of this region opened up their markets for...

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Textiles Protection and Poverty in South Africa/La protection du secteur des textiles et la pauvreté en Afrique du Sud: une analyse en équilibre général calculable dynamique micro-...

Mabugu, Ramos; Chitiga, Margaret - Partenariat en Politiques Économiques (PEP), … - 2006

There is an important debate going on in South Africa on whether to apply safeguard trade barriers to protect textiles … policy objective. Much of the current discourse on textiles protection focuses on static effects of protection. The aim of … this paper is to take this discussion a step further by introducing the effect of textiles protection on poverty and its …

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Doing the Right Thing: The WTO and the Developing World

Macmillan, Kathleen - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)

barriers in the textiles, clothing and agricultural sectors that discriminate against imports from the South. And at the same …

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THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AND SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE: THE COTTON PERSPECTIVE

Hudson, Darren - Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State … - 2000

The World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations could have important implications for Southern Agriculture. This paper explores some of the issues surrounding the WTO negotiations for cotton. Specifically, this paper examines the impacts of the phase-out of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) on...

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Policy, Economic Federalism & Product Market Entry: The Indian Experience

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis; … - eSocialSciences - 2007

, which uses the experiences of the textiles and electrical machinery sectors during the two decades as the basis for the …

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Estudios de competitividad sectoriales. Industria manufacturera

Terra, María Inés; Bittencourt, Gustavo; Domingo, Rosario - Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales - 2004

The aim of this study is to analyse competitiveness in textiles, garments and design, and pharmaceutical industry in … Uruguay. In textiles, wool and leather industries are expected in the medium run to maintain their competitive capacity …

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Financial distress, corporate borrowing, and industrial decline: the Lancashire cotton spinning industry, 1918-38

Higgins, David; Toms, Steve - In: Accounting History Review 13 (2003) 2, pp. 207-232

The analysis presented is based on a case study of Lancashire cotton textile firms. It traces their financial history through the sharp boom of 1919-20, and the sudden crisis that followed. Using a sample of representative companies it is shown that firms unwittingly adopted inappropriate...

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Trade Possibilities and Non-Tariff Barriers to Indo-Pak Trade

Taneja, Nisha - eSocialSciences - 2007

There is a large untapped trade potential between the two countries. Using the potential trade approach, the study finds that the export potential from India to Pakistan is to the tune of US$ 9.5 billion while that from Pakistan to India is US$ 2.2 billion. Items having export potential from...

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Liberalising Trade in Textiles and Clothing: A Survey of Quantitative Studies

Walkenhorst, Peter - EconWPA - 2004

textiles and clothing production and trade as the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) is implemented. There is pressure … for a large-scale reallocation of resources, with production of textiles and clothing expanding in Asian and other … developing countries. In parallel, textiles and clothing production in industrialised countries is expected to contract …

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Is the End of the MFA a threat for the Tunisian Economy?

Marouani, Mohamed Ali - DIAL - 2007

(english) The end of the Multifiber Agreement in January 2005 had a negative impact on the Tunisian apparel industry, but the effects were weaker than expected. Using a dynamic general equilibrium model, the article provides a prospective assessment of the impact on Tunisia of the phase out of...

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