This paper develops a model to study the impact of trade costs on developing countries' industrialization when sequential production is networked in global value chains (GVCs). In a two-country setting, a decrease in trade costs of intermediate goods is associated with South joining and moving...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Overview -- Abbreviations and Data Notes -- Chapter 1 Global Outlook and the Developing Countries -- Chapter 2 Trade Patterns and Policies: Doha Options to Promote Development -- Chapter 3 Agricultural Policies and Trade -- Chapter 4 Labor...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Overview -- Abbreviations -- Frequently Cited Regional Trading Agreements and the Parties to Them -- Chapter 1 Global Outlook and the Developing Countries -- The Global Economy: From Recovery to Expansion -- Commodity Markets -- World Trade --...

The global financial crisis of 2008-09 did not just change the global economic order. It also changed the way we think about that order. Principles and practices that were once accepted wisdom are now in doubt or discredited. New, fundamental questions opened. And the search for answers has...

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...

We propose and apply methods to quantify the impact of national institutions on international trade and development. We are able to identify the direct impact of country-specific institutions on international trade within the structural gravity framework. Our approach naturally addresses the...