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No. 101 | 19 Jul 2010 |
Recent Trends in Export Restrictions
Prices for commodities such as minerals and metals have increased significantly over the past few years. At the same time, there has also been an increase in restrictions on the export of raw materials which has led policy makers and business people... |
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No. 100 | 09 Jul 2010 |
Increasing the Impact of Trade Expansion on Growth
In order to reach its objectives, Aid for Trade should not only focus on helping developing countries to turn trade opportunities into trade but also tackle the binding constraints that choke the impact of trade on economic growth. This report shows... |
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No. 99 | 28 Jun 2010 |
Multilateralising Regionalism: The Case of E-Commerce
This study analyses the extent to which e-commerce provisions in existing RTAs can be multilateralised. E-commerce has been recognised as an important engine for growth and development, yet WTO negotiations in this area have yielded very little... |
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No. 98 | 02 Jun 2010 |
The Availability and Cost of Short-Term Trade Finance and its Impact on Trade
The systemic nature of the recent financial crisis precipitated a general and synchronized drop of activity in the interbank market, contaminating most banks in almost all regions. The ensuing economic crisis was characterised by a drop in production... |
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No. 97 | 02 Jun 2010 |
International Standards and Trade
While there is a large literature on the economic theory of international standards, and their presumed effects, we know much less about how international standards work in practice. This paper reviews the body of empirical work that has investigated... |
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No. 96 | 02 Jun 2010 |
Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements and Technical Barriers to Trade: An African Perspective
Regional trade agreements (RTAs) present opportunities for controlling technical barriers to trade (TBTs). Using key principles and provisions of the WTO Agreement on TBT as a yardstick for analysis, this paper examines whether and how eight major... |
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No. 95 | 29 Mar 2010 |
Export Restrictions on Strategic Raw Materials and Their Impact on Trade
Barriers to trade come in a variety of forms. This paper examines one such barrier, export restrictions, and how it impacts trade and global supply in selected strategic metals and minerals. The metals and minerals examined in the paper are of... |
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No. 94 | 02 Dec 2009 |
Binding Constraints to Trade Expansion
Trade can be a powerful engine for economic growth, poverty reduction, and development. However, harnessing the power of trade is often difficult for developing countries, particularly the least developed countries, because of supply-side domestic... |
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No. 93 | 03 Nov 2009 |
Trade in Intermediate Goods and Services
This study analyses trade flows in intermediate goods and services among OECD countries and with their main trading partners. Combining trade data and input-output tables, bilateral trade in intermediate goods and services is estimated according to... |
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No. 92 | 28 Sept 2009 |
Clarifying Trade Costs
Maritime transport costs have a significant impact on the trade in agricultural goods. Maritime transport costs represent a high proportion of the imported value of agricultural products -- 10% on average, which is a similar level of magnitude as... |
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No. 91 | 07 Sept 2009 |
South Africa's Trade and Growth
This paper examines key trade and trade related issues facing South Africa. It describes South Africa‘s re-entry into the global trade architecture and its economic growth in the context of its trade performance, as well as the composition and... |
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No. 90 | 22 Jul 2009 |
Economic Impacts of the Phase-Out in 2005 of Quantitative Restrictions under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
This paper discusses the economic impacts of the phase-out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), which was provided for under the 1994 Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC). It presents an overview of the integration process of textile and... |
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No. 89 | 28 Jul 2009 |
Vertical Trade, Trade Costs and FDI
Firms find advantages in sourcing inputs from abroad and in fragmenting their production process. On average, vertical trade represents about one third of total trade among OECD countries. This report describes and illustrates new firm strategies of... |
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No. 88 | 19 May 2009 |
India's Trade Integration, Realising the Potential
This study examines economic implications of India’s trade and trade policy reforms during the period from 1990 to 2007. It first describes India’s economic growth and the composition and performance of its trade at the product and broad sector... |
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No. 87 | 03 Apr 2009 |
Trade Impacts of Selected Regional Trade Agreements in Agriculture
This paper provides an in-depth examination of the trade effects of three regional trade agreements (RTAs) – the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern Cone Common Market... |
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No. 86 | 18 Feb 2009 |
Informal Cross-Border Trade and Trade Facilitation Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa
The informal sector still constitutes an important part of developing country economies. In Africa, it is estimated to represent 43 percent of official gross domestic product (GDP), thus being almost equivalent to the formal sector. While this... |
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No. 85 | 19 Feb 2009 |
Quantifying Regulatory Barriers to Services Trade
This study analyses how domestic regulation affects trade in services through commercial presence and to what extent regulation, level and heterogeneity, has an impact on the choice of mode of servicing a foreign market for total services, financial... |
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No. 84 | 09 Feb 2009 |
Assessing Barriers to Trade in Services in the MENA Region
This paper aims to assess barriers to service provision in the financial, telecom, and transport sectors of selected MENA countries, including both trade and domestic restrictions. The analysis is focused on computation of aggregate and modal trade... |
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No. 83 | 18 Dec 2008 |
Enhancing Market Openness through Regulatory Reform in the People's Republic of China
This study analyses the People’s Republic of China’s trade policy environment with a focus on trade-related regulations and their role in supporting China’s market openness. It examines in particular to what extent China’s trade regulations comply... |
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No. 82 | 22 Dec 2008 |
Recovery and Beyond: Enhancing Competitiveness to Realise Indonesia's Trade Potential
As Indonesia recovered from the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis, the economy underwent significant political and structural changes, and the role of trade policy evolved. It is clear that there is much scope for trade to enhance economic growth.... |
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Recent Trends in Export Restrictions
Jeonghoi Kim
19 Jul 2010
Prices for commodities such as minerals and metals have increased significantly over the past few years. At the same time, there has also been an increase in restrictions on the export of raw materials which has led policy makers and business people...
Increasing the Impact of Trade Expansion on Growth
Jean-Jacques Hallaert
09 Jul 2010
In order to reach its objectives, Aid for Trade should not only focus on helping developing countries to turn trade opportunities into trade but also tackle the binding constraints that choke the impact of trade on economic growth. This report shows...
Multilateralising Regionalism: The Case of E-Commerce
Lior Herman
28 Jun 2010
This study analyses the extent to which e-commerce provisions in existing RTAs can be multilateralised. E-commerce has been recognised as an important engine for growth and development, yet WTO negotiations in this area have yielded very little...
The Availability and Cost of Short-Term Trade Finance and its Impact on Trade
Jane Korinek, Jean Le Cocguic and Patricia Sourdin
02 Jun 2010
The systemic nature of the recent financial crisis precipitated a general and synchronized drop of activity in the interbank market, contaminating most banks in almost all regions. The ensuing economic crisis was characterised by a drop in production...
International Standards and Trade
G. M. Peter Swann
02 Jun 2010
While there is a large literature on the economic theory of international standards, and their presumed effects, we know much less about how international standards work in practice. This paper reviews the body of empirical work that has investigated...
Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements and Technical Barriers to Trade: An African Perspective
Nico Meyer, Tamas Fenyes, Martin Breitenbach and Ernst Idsardi
02 Jun 2010
Regional trade agreements (RTAs) present opportunities for controlling technical barriers to trade (TBTs). Using key principles and provisions of the WTO Agreement on TBT as a yardstick for analysis, this paper examines whether and how eight major...
Export Restrictions on Strategic Raw Materials and Their Impact on Trade
Jane Korinek and Jeonghoi Kim
29 Mar 2010
Barriers to trade come in a variety of forms. This paper examines one such barrier, export restrictions, and how it impacts trade and global supply in selected strategic metals and minerals. The metals and minerals examined in the paper are of...
Binding Constraints to Trade Expansion
Jean-Jacques Hallaert and Laura Munro
02 Dec 2009
Trade can be a powerful engine for economic growth, poverty reduction, and development. However, harnessing the power of trade is often difficult for developing countries, particularly the least developed countries, because of supply-side domestic...
Trade in Intermediate Goods and Services
Sébastien Miroudot, Rainer Lanz and Alexandros Ragoussis
03 Nov 2009
This study analyses trade flows in intermediate goods and services among OECD countries and with their main trading partners. Combining trade data and input-output tables, bilateral trade in intermediate goods and services is estimated according to...
Clarifying Trade Costs
Jane Korinek and Patricia Sourdin
28 Sept 2009
Maritime transport costs have a significant impact on the trade in agricultural goods. Maritime transport costs represent a high proportion of the imported value of agricultural products -- 10% on average, which is a similar level of magnitude as...
South Africa's Trade and Growth
Przemyslaw Kowalski, Ralph Lattimore and Novella Bottini
07 Sept 2009
This paper examines key trade and trade related issues facing South Africa. It describes South Africa‘s re-entry into the global trade architecture and its economic growth in the context of its trade performance, as well as the composition and...
Economic Impacts of the Phase-Out in 2005 of Quantitative Restrictions under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
Przemyslaw Kowalski and Margit Molnar
22 Jul 2009
This paper discusses the economic impacts of the phase-out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), which was provided for under the 1994 Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC). It presents an overview of the integration process of textile and...
Vertical Trade, Trade Costs and FDI
Sébastien Miroudot and Alexandros Ragoussis
28 Jul 2009
Firms find advantages in sourcing inputs from abroad and in fragmenting their production process. On average, vertical trade represents about one third of total trade among OECD countries. This report describes and illustrates new firm strategies of...
India's Trade Integration, Realising the Potential
Przemyslaw Kowalski and Nora Dihel
19 May 2009
This study examines economic implications of India’s trade and trade policy reforms during the period from 1990 to 2007. It first describes India’s economic growth and the composition and performance of its trade at the product and broad sector...
Trade Impacts of Selected Regional Trade Agreements in Agriculture
Jane Korinek and Mark Melatos
03 Apr 2009
This paper provides an in-depth examination of the trade effects of three regional trade agreements (RTAs) – the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern Cone Common Market...
Informal Cross-Border Trade and Trade Facilitation Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa
Caroline Lesser and Evdokia Moisé-Leeman
18 Feb 2009
The informal sector still constitutes an important part of developing country economies. In Africa, it is estimated to represent 43 percent of official gross domestic product (GDP), thus being almost equivalent to the formal sector. While this...
Quantifying Regulatory Barriers to Services Trade
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås and Henk Kox
19 Feb 2009
This study analyses how domestic regulation affects trade in services through commercial presence and to what extent regulation, level and heterogeneity, has an impact on the choice of mode of servicing a foreign market for total services, financial...
Assessing Barriers to Trade in Services in the MENA Region
Mohamed Ali Marouani and Laura Munro
09 Feb 2009
This paper aims to assess barriers to service provision in the financial, telecom, and transport sectors of selected MENA countries, including both trade and domestic restrictions. The analysis is focused on computation of aggregate and modal trade...
Enhancing Market Openness through Regulatory Reform in the People's Republic of China
Malory Greene and Charles Tsai
18 Dec 2008
This study analyses the People’s Republic of China’s trade policy environment with a focus on trade-related regulations and their role in supporting China’s market openness. It examines in particular to what extent China’s trade regulations comply...
Recovery and Beyond: Enhancing Competitiveness to Realise Indonesia's Trade Potential
Margit Molnar and Molly Lesher
22 Dec 2008
As Indonesia recovered from the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis, the economy underwent significant political and structural changes, and the role of trade policy evolved. It is clear that there is much scope for trade to enhance economic growth....