Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it derives insights from a large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that embody … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic … perspective, general market access commitments with respect to services trade and commitments regarding government procurement of …

economic development. Gender equality is an inherent part of Aid for Trade. This has also been reflected in the Buenos Aires … development strategy seek to promote women's economic empowerment. * The main target group of gender related Aid for Trade is …Aid for Trade supports developing and least-developed countries in building their trade capacity and in increasing …

This paper looks at the various trade policies WTO Members have put into place to foster women's economic empowerment …. The analysis below is based on the information provided by WTO Members as part of their Trade Policy Review (TPRs) process … for the purpose of this paper.1 In the last 4 years, the trade policies of 111 WTO Members were under review. About 70% of …

Morocco's trade liberalization policies coincided with macroeconomic growth over the past two decades. The relationship … between trade liberalization and individual-level labor-market outcomes, however, are not well understood. By combining three … complementary approaches and modeling techniques, this paper estimates: (i) the relationship between trade agreements and trade …

We use an empirical gravity equation approach to study how nonreciprocal trade preferences (NRTPs), enacted mainly …, the average trade effect stemming from nonreciprocal preferences is highly unstable across specifications. However, once … effect on the exports of beneficiaries when they are members of the World Trade Organization and are very poor. Not …

. 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. …

Basin, Andean, and African countries by the United States. This history is followed by an assessment of trade generated by …

. • 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 …

most determinant variables for defining Trade in Value Added (TiVA) clusters. The level of economic development remains a … exporting higher share of domestic content, except in services exports; but in this case, export volumes remain marginal. …

This paper discusses opportunities for trade policy research to contribute more to efforts to integrate African markets … aggregate trade costs and the potential welfare impacts of reducing such costs, including through regional integration. This is … important, but we argue that more focus is needed on the ‘micro' dimensions of regional integration. These center on the trade …