This paper assesses the importance of border and non-border policies for global economic integration. The focus is on four widely-advocated policies: removing explicit restrictions to trade and FDI; promoting domestic competition; improving the adaptability of labour markets; and ensuring...

Les auteurs étudient l'interface entre commerce international et dommages causés par des espèces envahissantes(EE), en centrant l'analyse sur l'escalade des droits de douane entre matières premières et produits transformés (comme par exemple celle qui prévaut pour les produits...

What policy reforms are most urgently needed to remove obstacles to output and employment growth in service sectors and to enhance economies’ ability to adjust to structural change as a result of changing trade patterns? This paper reviews the impact of the structural policy framework...

This paper provides an assessment of the impact of a package of structural reforms in all OECD countries on their long-run trade and output gains. The package includes reforms that reduce competition-restraining regulations, cut tariff barriers and ease restrictions on foreign direct investment...

This paper provides an assessment of the impact of a package of structural reforms in the European Union and the United States on long-run trade and output gains accruing to OECD countries. The package includes reforms that reduce competition-restraining regulations, cut tariff barriers and ease...

In the empirical literature it has been demonstrated that trade can be a powerful engine to enhance economic development and poverty reduction. But international market participation is a multidimensional concept that can be apprehended through different outputs: a greater openness to trade, an...