Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …

cooperation should aim to reduce both intra- and inter- regional trade facilitation gaps as well as to expand the connectivity …. South Asia has to enact its own connectivity and trade facilitation arrangement to take forward the agenda of South Asian … trade facilitation and connectivity in the region. South Asia connectivity needs a new vision to compete globally. This …

Do firms in developing countries shift trade towards developed economies as a result of high economic growth? The … analysis reveals a rising low-income country trade share around and after China’s accession to the World Trade Organization …. Based on this stylized fact, we analyze the link between firm characteristics and trade with low-income countries. We find …

drivers of volatility at the industry level in open economies. Our methodology separately accounts for demand shocks … originating in the home and foreign markets. Using a panel of manufacturing and trade data, our findings suggest that, independent … of the level of aggregation, output volatility is driven primarily by shocks originating in the destination markets for …

This paper aims to identify the bilateral trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers between India and Pakistan. The … study shows that there is a large untapped trade potential between the two countries. Using the potential trade approach …, the study finds that the export potential from India to Pakistan is to the tune of US$ 9.5 billion while that from …

Trade can and should play an important role in making progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. This … includes trade and investment in services, as realizing many of the goals is conditional on improved performance of services … sectors in developing countries. The global environment for trade and investment is likely to be more challenging for low …

of the British pound vis-a-vis the euro and led to considerable uncertainty about future trade relations between the UK … and sales compared to more exposed firms. We do not find significant differences for export volumes to the UK or elsewhere …

of the British pound vis-a-vis the euro and led to considerable uncertainty about future trade relations between the UK … and sales compared to more exposed firms. We do not find significant differences for export volumes to the UK or elsewhere …

. Exports virtually stopped falling, while imports even began to grow. In 2016, in the geographic pattern of trade turnover the … imports stopped falling. However, H2 2016 (as compared to the similar period of 2015) showed slightly different results …

In this paper, the literature on trade and development is surveyed, especially that regarding the role of … complementarities associated with trade infrastructure. The empirical literature shows that, on average, trade causes growth, but the … investment in soft and hard infrastructure has an unambiguously positive impact on trade flows, the theoretical literature argues …