We study the relationship between geography and growth. To do so, we first develop a dynamic spatial growth theory with … realistic geography. We characterize the model and its balanced growth path and propose a methodology to analyze equilibria with …

increases, trade growth and shifting trade patterns will have pervasive effects on income distribution in Vietnam. In this paper …, we use a newly estimated Vietnam social accounting matrix to elucidate the links between trade and income in the country …

Services can now be stored and traded digitally, and they are not subject to many of the trade barriers that physical … exports have to overcome. Services are no longer exclusively an input for trade in goods, but have become a “final export” for … geographic locations. This has led to a new channel of growth—what we call service export sophistication. …

overall trade is not the most appropriate measure for technology diffusion as a source of productivity growth and propose to … for technology trade, as there is a positive and significant linkage between technology imports and income levels. This …Recent evidence on the respective contributions of institutions and trade to income levels across countries has …

-crisis level. Merchandise trade in the region grew by more than 30% in 2010, compared with 21% growth in world merchandise trade. …Trade in the Asian and Pacific region has recovered strongly since the first quarter of 2010. While world trade is … still struggling towards a full recovery, monthly trade values for Asia and the Pacific have already returned to the pre …

growth. Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are rapidly increasing their importance in the world economy, having …

This study makes an attempt to assess the impact of trade liberalization on services sector employment. Based on the … imports have been estimated. After controlling for growth it is difficult to identify a positive and significant impact of … international trade on employment in the organized service sector. We have also tried to work out the direct and indirect effects of …

growth. The second is that PTAs, particularly ones that go beyond goods trade, are an effective way to promote economic …Two propositions appear to be gaining wide currency, given the revealed preference for preferential trade agreements … is called for. Current PTAs appear to be doing little to remove the important impediments to growth in the region. Far …

As a country progressively engages in international trade, its factors of production will enter increasingly into the …

most of the growth-imports correlation is explained by these two mechanisms. I also find that the trade channel has been …Growth and imports are correlated across countries, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are not well … understood. I develop a multi-country model in which imports and growth are connected by technological innovations and their …