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A New Agenda for a New World
24 June 2013 Minister Gunilla Carlson Like every political agenda, the post-2015 agenda must be firmly based in a reality check. The current...
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Effects of foreign aid on income through international tradeThis paper presents a review of recent studies that estimate the trade effects of foreign aid. It also provides new results obtained using panel data techniques to estimate the direct effects of aid on international trade, accounting for countries’...
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Developing Countries in the WTO RegimeWhen the Uruguay Round was being negotiated and it was coming to a close, a number of estimates were made about the impact of the agreement on poor countries. Many of the assessments indicated that there would be a net loss for them while others came...
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Institutional and policy adjustments to implement Free Trade Agreements with the European UnionFree Trade Agreements (FTAs) between the European Union (EU) and trade partners go far beyond mere elimination of tariffs to include such diverse issues as non-tariff barriers, competition legislation, investment protection, and more. Implementing...
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Liberalization, Globalization and Income DistributionRecent mainstream analyses of changes in income distribution over the post World War II period have concluded that income inequality within countries tends to be stable, that there is no strong association between growth and inequality and that...
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The Asian Currency CrisisWhat started in the summer of 1997 as a regional economic and financial crisis in East and Southeast Asia had developed into a global financial crisis within the span of a year. This crisis followed the crisis in the European Monetary System in 1992...
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External Liberalization, Economic Performance, and Distribution in Latin America and ElsewhereAs seen from the year 2001, economic policy in developing and post-socialist economies during the preceding 10-15 years had one dominating theme - external 'liberalization' or the drastic lowering or removal of long-standing barriers to almost all...
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Factor Shares and Resource BoomsThis paper studies the evolution of Venezuelan inequality since 1970. It finds a striking increase in Venezuelan inequality that has been due mainly to the rise in capital's share of GDP. It shows that the increase can be traced back to the coupling...
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From GATT to WTO and BeyondThe object of this paper is to analyse the evolution of the international trading system from its inception as GATT in 1947 to its latest incarnation as WTO, comprising the complex array of agreements forming its substance and mandate. The study...
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Costa RicaOver the last thirty-five years, Costa Rican exports (in dollars) have grown at an average annual growth rate of 10.8 per cent. In the context of an import substituting industrialization and subregional integration, exports grew at increasingly...
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Liberalization of Capital Movements and TradeA two-period, two-sector optimizing model is used to study the effects of liberalization of trade and capital movements on the real exchange rate, unemployment, and welfare. The mechanism creating unemployment is assumed to be real wage rigidity...
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Causes and Lessons of the Mexican Peso CrisisThis paper analyses in depth the causes of the Mexican peso crisis, so as to learn relevant lessons for similar crisis occurring in other developing or transitional economies. The study follows a relatively chronological order, examining first the...
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Export Performance in ChileSince the mid-1970s, Chile's exports have expanded at a fast rate, and the export basket has diversified considerably, away from copper towards other primary commodities and commodity-intensive manufactures. This paper explores the causal factors and...
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Impact of Liberalization, Economic Growth and Trade Policies on Current Accounts of Developing CountriesThe objectives of this paper are to examine the impact of liberalization on trade deficits and current accounts for developing economies. Attempts at liberalization in trade could lead to an increase in imports in the short run and this could cause...
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Trade-led growth, the WTO and the Developing Countries
by Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis During successive rounds of the GATT and, since 1995, the WTO regime, the world community has been trying to move towards...
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WIDER Annual Lectures – Taking Stock
I am looking forward to WIDER Annual Lecture 18, held 18 November in New York not only because I expect that Peter Timmer will make a distinguished...
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Rules or Engagement?: Development Implications of the Doha Round Negotiation - Part 1
Alisa DiCaprio This is Part 1 of a 2-part analysis of the upcoming WTO 8th Ministerial Conference in December 2011. Part 2 will appear in the November...
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Rules or Engagement?: Development Implications of the Doha Round Negotiations (Part II)
Part II: Engagement with Developing Countries. This is Part 2 of a 2-part analysis of the upcoming WTO 8th Ministerial Conference in December 2011...
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Foreign Trade and the Gender Earnings Differential in Urban MexicoPart of Journal Special Issue Developing Countries in the WTO Regime
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When Will WTO Membership Signal Commitment to Free Trade by A Developing CountryPart of Journal Special Issue Developing Countries in the WTO Regime
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Globalization, Marginalization and DevelopmentThis excellent new book contains contributions from a number of leading experts and is the result of the UNU/WIDER project on globalization and low-income countries. The discussion focuses in on how to harness globalization for the benefit of present...
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Costa Rica: Policies and Conditions for Export DiversificationPart of Book Non-Traditional Export Promotion in Africa
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Trade Liberalization, Economic Reform and Poverty Reduction in Lao PDRPart of Journal Special Issue Well-being Achievements in Pacific Asia
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Economic Reform, Skill Formation and Foreign CapitalPart of Journal Special Issue FDI to Developing Countries
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Are World Financial Markets More Open?Part of Book Financial Openness and National Autonomy
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Effects of Foreign Aid on Income through International TradePart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
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Rising powers and the collapse of the Doha Round
Rising powers have had a profound impact on the WTO. For over half a century the trading system was dominated by the US and other advanced...
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Trade Liberalisation and Economic PerformanceThe last five decades have witnessed a profound evolution of economic policy in developing countries, particularly in the case of trade strategies. Both internal, as well as external, factors have prompted the need for more outward-oriented (or...
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US Free Trade Agreements and Policy FlexibilityFree trade agreements have become a central feature of many developing countries' growth strategies, encouraged by an evaluation literature that quantifies their positive impact on trade. However, trade gains come at the cost of policy space...
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A CGE Analysis of the Short-run Welfare Effects of Tariff Liberalisation in UgandaThe promotion of human welfare is undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges of economic development. To achieve this, many developing countries adopted trade liberalisation in the late 1980s, premised on the theoretical evidence based on the...
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Foreign Trade and the Gender Earnings Differential in Urban MexicoThis paper examines the effect of foreign trade induced product market competition, upon workplace gender discrimination in urban Mexico as measured by the gender earnings differential. More than four decades ago, Becker argued that labour market...
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Impact of Globalization and Liberalization on Growth, Employment and PovertyWhile globalization is viewed as a key to future economic development, it is also argued that it increases poverty, threatens employment and living standards of the poor. Like many other developing countries, Pakistan also attempted to integrate its...
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Assessing the Impact of One Aspect of Globalization on Economic Growth in AfricaUsing panel data, this paper explores the effects of openness to international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth. Fixed-effect and adjusted fixed-effect (regional-effect) estimations yield results consistent with the...
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Can Free Trade Agreements Reduce Economic Vulnerability?Part of Journal Special Issue South-South and North-South Trade Agreements
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Economic Elites, Crises, and Austerity in 21st Century Capitalism
24 September 2014 Andrés Solimano The era of neoliberal capitalism starting by the late 1970s and early 1980s promotes free trade, capital mobility...
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Exchange Controls and Policy AutonomyPart of Book Financial Openness and National Autonomy
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Causes and Lessons of the Mexican Peso CrisisPart of Book Short-Term Capital Flows and Economic Crises
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External Liberalization, Economic Performance and Distribution in Latin America and ElsewherePart of Book Inequality, Growth and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization
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Factor Shares and Resource BoomsPart of Book Inequality, Growth and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization
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Regional opportunities in East AfricaSignificant progress has been made by the East African Community partner states in implementing the East African Community customs union. Trade within the East African Community is now free from import duties, and partner states have adopted a three...
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Tracing the Special and Differential Treatment Principle through the CARIFORUM EPAThe EU's decision to replace unilateral Lomé preferences with Article XXIV-compliant reciprocal agreements remains a subject of ongoing debate in trade circles. The major issue stems from the inequality of bilateral negotiations between the world's...
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Brazil's Macroeconomic Policies and Capital Flows in the 1990sPart of Book Short-Term Capital Flows and Economic Crises
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The WTO, Trade and DevelopmentPart of Book The WTO, Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda
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The WTO, Developing Countries and the Doha Development AgendaThese are turbulent times for the international trading community, the WTO in particular. Although Cancun failed,Can the WTO still reassert its development-credibility by ensuring that Doha truly becomes the Development Round?What should the...
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The East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC)Part of Book National Perspectives on the New Regionalism in the South
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