This paper analyses the impact of the reduction of tariff and non-tariff barriers on the trade balance and the current account of the balance of payments of 22 selected developing countries from Africa, Latin America, East Asia, and South Asia. The study presents estimates of dynamic panel data...

An analysis is made of the impact of the reduction of tariff and non-tariff barriers on the trade balance and the current account of the balance of payments of 22 developing countries from Africa, Latin America, East Asia and South Asia that have undertaken important trade reforms since the...