. But South-South trade is partly picking up the slack. Middle-income countries are driving export diversification of low …-income countries. Developing countries may be moving toward a new version of export-led growth. …

. • How severe are the various possible constraints to trade expansion? • How different are the constraints to imports from …This book looks at four main questions relevant to the discussion of implementation and effectiveness of aid for trade … the constraints to exports? • What impact would addressing these constraints have on trade and on economic growth? • To …

Panel data on 54 developing countries between 1960 and 2000 are used to investigate how the impact of opening to trade … on economic growth is affected by wealth inequality. The results suggest (a) that opening to trade tends to accelerate …

Panel data on 54 developing countries between 1960 and 2000 are used to investigate how the impact of opening to trade … on economic growth is affected by wealth inequality. The results suggest (a) that opening to trade tends to accelerate …

export activities. Trade in services, particularly business services, has become an element of export diversification for …Services play a broad and strategic role in the economy. Trade in services has been expanding rapidly because … communication services are among the most successful services exports. This note focuses on the determinants of trade in services …

. Its formal goal is to foster export-led growth in developing countries. Its theoretical foundations and empirical support … helping developing countries trade and grow. For researchers, the good news is that there is plenty of room for progress, with …

. Its formal goal is to foster export-led growth in developing countries. Its theoretical foundations and empirical support … helping developing countries trade and grow. For researchers, the good news is that there is plenty of room for progress, with …

The paper investigates how Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) affect the range of goods exported by a nation. We use … the Melitz model and highly dis-aggregated data on Euro-Mediterranean trade to measure the effect of preferential trade … liberalization on the range of traded products. By focusing on the zeros in the trade matrix, the paper finds evidence that at the …

conditions for sustained economic growth and development by deepening democracy, enhancing the stability of political regimes and …