Despite postulations on the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI), foreign aid, and trade on growth, empirical … twenty-nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa between the period 1990-2017 to analyze the effects of FDI, trade, and foreign …. However, the results show that trade has a positive and significant impact on poverty reduction, especially in low …

This paper presents a review of the Aid for Trade program introduced by the World Trade Organization in 2005. Although … the volume of international trade has been growing, it is mainly due to the developed countries and some Asian emerging …-developed countries remained losers. As trade can be a tool for the poverty reduction, the Aid for Trade is about to help the developing …

We survey the latest research on the linkages between international trade, regional integration, poverty and food … extensive literature on the impacts of trade reform on poverty outcomes, research on the actual and potential effects of trade …

, but otherwise tourism is rarely mentioned as a major trade and development option for Bangladesh. Within the limitations …Bangladesh's international image is not as a popular tourism destination, and many people might be surprised to learn … majority of least developed countries (LDCs) - a challenging task in Bangladesh in the face of the country's success as an …

Bangladesh is set to graduate from the least developed country status. Currently, Bangladesh benefits from preferential … Bangladesh’s position as a major exporter of ready-made garments to the European Union. This paper examines whether preferential … market access for exports supported poverty reduction in Bangladesh. We test the relationship with a fixed-effects estimator …

This paper examined welfare and poverty impacts of trade liberalization in Bangladesh. By using a computable general … equilibrium model based on a social accounting matrix, an empirical investigation of the transmission channels linking trade …

Trade promotes economic growth, alleviates poverty and helps countries reach their development goals. However …, developing countries – in particular the least developed – face difficulties in making trade happen and turning trade into … economic growth. The Aid for Trade Initiative – launched at the 2005 World Trade Organisation conference in Hong Kong – aims at …

We review the relationship between trade and poverty in less developed countries, surveying both relevant economic … theory and empirical evidence. We conclude that, while there certainly are circumstances under which greater trade openness … can lead to poverty reduction, these circumstances do not always obtain. Trade liberalization will only be an effective …