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This paper examines empirically whether Aid for Trade (AfT) programmes and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows affect export upgrading and, if so, whether their effects are complementary or substitutable. Export upgrading entails export diversification (including overall export...
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One goal of China's Go Out policy is to create goodwill in countries around the world. At the same time, China …
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One goal of China's Go Out policy is to create goodwill in countries around the world. At the same time, China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011818445
Since the turn of the millennium, China opened up internationally both in terms of its current account (trade) and its capital account, even though the opening of the latter happened de facto, not de jure. With respect to China being Africa's largest trading partner and developing investor in...
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This paper explores the dynamic relationships between foreign direct investment (FDI), international trade, and economic development. First, emphasizing the pivotal role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) - particularly in the context of Global Value Chains (GVCs) - it underscores how FDI and...
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an expansion of exports in different regions of the world. It is found that aid is strongly export-enhancing in Asia and …
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In examining the effect of membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the amounts of Aid for Trade (AfT) that … accrue to developing countries, Lee et al. (2015) (The World Economy, 38, 2015 and 1462) have found that developing country … members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) received higher AfT flows than non-WTO developing members. The present paper …
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Drawing on our recent work on local effects of Chinese development projects in Africa, this review article highlights a number of distinguishing features of Chinese aid, and discusses how these may translate into local aid impacts that differ from those of other donors. Unlike aid from other...
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measured by the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA). If the CPIA is replaced by the Kaufmann index …
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Aid for Trade supports developing and least-developed countries in building their trade capacity and in increasing their exports by turning market access opportunities into market presence. It does so by addressing four key areas: trade policy & regulations; economic infrastructure; building...
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