With the ongoing trade normalisation process between India and Pakistan, opportunities to integrate have opened up … segment to focus on in improving trade relations between the two countries. Here, an empirical and theoretical analysis of … India-Pakistan trade using some statistical indicators reveals low levels of current trade but huge trade potential. Since …

Trade and investment can be effective means of implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However …, stand-alone trade and investment liberalization policies aimed at enhancing economic development may have negative side …-effects on non-economic facets of sustainable development. As such, they are best to be accompanied by trade facilitation …

This paper provides new evidence of the effects of road construction on both domestic and international trade flows in … those supported by multilateral development banks. We find that road construction helped to reduce trade costs significantly … internal trade costs decreases by 20%, and the ad valorem rate of international trade costs decreases, on average, by 15 …

procedures, lower trade costs and increase transparency and predictability in global trade. For Bangladesh, a highly export … Agreement, Bangladesh can improve its trade competitiveness, reduce the time and costs associated with exporting and importing …The WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) is an important agreement that aims to simplify and simplify trade …

of GDP per capita. Because FDI and trade are two important components of economic growth in Bangladesh, it is important …The study reveals that there is a relationship between foreign direct investments, trade, and growth rate of per capita … GDP for Bangladesh with the help of annual time series data for 1973 to 2014. The Vector Error Correction Model (VECM …

The paper empirically examines the differential effects of trade on economic growth and investment based on cross …-country data. In general, the results are largely consistent with the positive impact of trade on economic growth as found in the … literature. However, the empirical results based on different categories of countries show that whereas trade has positively …

This paper examines the role that trade plays in economic development through the channel of technology transfer … between donor- and receiving countries. In this context, trade in (capital) goods allows technology import and improved input … decisions. Second, trade opens export markets, allowing learning-by-doing. Third and most importantly, trade increases the set …

trade with the PRC can become an engine of growth for developing Asia. To do so, we examine the structure of PRC's trade … consumer and less of an assembler. This provides ground for optimism about the prospects of trade with the PRC as a source of …

external trade and finance - including foreign direct investment, remittances, and aid - play a critical role. It is therefore …