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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects: Potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115722
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects: Potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435379
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426539
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Globalization and the Inequality of Nations
Krugman, Paul; Venables, Anthony J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1995
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611599
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Globalization and the Inequality of Nations
Krugman, Paul; Venables, Anthony J. - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334817
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Analyzing trade opening in Ukraine: Effects of a customs union with the EU
Harbuzyuk, Oksana; Lutz, Stefan - Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI), … - 2004
This paper analyzes the possible a customs union between and the European Union. The GTAP multi-country simulation model of Purdue University's Center for Global Trade Analysis is applied. The welfare measure evaluated is the change in equivalent variation (EV). As all incomes in the model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008614740
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Analyzing trade opening in Ukraine: Effects of a customs union with the EU
Harbuzyuk, Oksana; Lutz, Stefan - 2004
This paper analyzes the possible a customs union between and the European Union. The GTAP multi-country simulation model of Purdue University's Center for Global Trade Analysis is applied. The welfare measure evaluated is the change in equivalent variation (EV). As all incomes in the model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301303
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Regional Integration in Africa
Hartzenberg, Trudi - 2011
This paper examines the history of regional integration in Africa, what has motivated it, the different initiatives … that African governments have pursued, the nature of the integration process, and the current challenges. Regional … integration is seen as a rational response to the difficulties faced by a continent with many small national markets and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119716
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Trade Flows, Financial Linkage, and Business Cycles in Latin America
Kandil, Magda - In: Journal of Economic Integration 26 (2011), pp. 526-553
This paper studies co-movements in real output growth across countries of Latin America in the sample period 1970-2007. To detect the change over time, correlations in real growth are analyzed over two sub-samples: 1970-1986 and 1987-2007. Correlation coefficients detect co-movements in real...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421198
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Currency unions in prospect and retrospect
Silva, J.M.C. Santos; Tenreyro, Silvana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
We critically review the recent literature on currency unions, and discuss the methodological challenges posed by the empirical assessment of their costs and benefits. In the process, we provide evidence on the economic effects of the euro. In particular, and in contrast with estimates of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746444