Market access provisions on trade in goods in regional trade agreements / Jo-Ann Crawford -- Preferential rules of origin in regional trade agreements / Maria Donner Abreu -- Trade facilitation under the regional trade agreement umbrella : origins and evolution / Nora Neufeld -- Do regional...

This is a revision and update of "Intellectual Property Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements" by Valdés and Runyowa (2012). This paper adjusts the methodology applied to assess the intellectual property (IP) provisions contained in regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the aggregation of such...

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...