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trade facilitation has serious implications not just for women's empowerment but also for productivity and growth potential …
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The productivity growth has an important linkage with economic growth and standard of living. It not only increases … therefore public policies aim at improving productivity. This paper focusses on estimating productivity in iron-steel and cement … industries in India and examines the impact of trade liberalization on productivity. The period of the study is from 1991-92 to …
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Significant measures were undertaken by India and Pakistan to liberalize trade in 2012. In particular, Pakistan's policy to permit all items to be imported from India except for a few items was expected to bring about a quantum increase in India's exports. Similarly, India's efforts to address...
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This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...
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The paper reviews the cost and benefits of globalization (i.e. greater integration of national and global economies) from the perspective of India. It argues that India's hesitant and reluctant globalization had a significant cost in terms of forgone growth, delay in the eradication of poverty...
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As part of the Doha Development Agenda many members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and in particular its Director-General have actively promoted the so-called Aid-for-Trade initiative. Rather than offer a comprehensive account of this initiative, the purpose here is to consider its...
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This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...
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This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744667