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Trade policy, income risk and welfare
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2005This paper studies empirically the relationship between trade policy and individual income risk faced by workers, and assesses the corresponding welfare effects. Based on data on Mexican workers it estimates individual income risk in various manufacturing sectors.DocumentThe perversity of preferences: GSP and developing country trade policies, 1976-2000
World Bank, 2005The aim of this paper is to contribute to the ongoing debate on ways to integrate the developing countries into the world trading system and to lower their trade barriers.DocumentWTO/GATS and economic development: key to "the new economy"
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005This report outlines the programme on WTO/GATS and Economic Development which is part of a Strategic Institute Programme at CMI on Producer Services.The WTO/GATS programme covers three main issues:the adoption of information technology and its impact on supply chain managementthe impact of trade liberalisation (financial services, telecommunications and energy services in particularDocumentSystemic crises and growth
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2005Given the fact that over the last two decades, countries that have experienced financial crises have on average grown faster than countries with stable financial conditions, this paper explores the link between occasional financial crises and the growth rate of a country.The study finds that: there is a robust link between systemic risk and growth: fast growing countries tend to experieDocumentTrade, environment and development: the recent Argentine experience
Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2004This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on the environment in both the manufacturing and the agricultural sectors in Argentina.DocumentMercosur and the behavior of labor markets in Argentina and Uruguay
Universidad Torcuato di Tello, Argentina, 2002This paper describes the evolution of labour markets in Argentina and Uruguay since Mercosur came into effect in 1991.DocumentFiscal policy and growth in Africa: fiscal federalism, decentralization and the incidence of taxation
UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003The paper investigates the tax reforms undertaken in a sample of randomly selected five African countries, taken together, namely Egypt, Senegal, Gabon, Kenya and Zambia. Reflecting the government's greatly expanding role in the economy, total public sector expenditure increased rapidly over the last two decades. However, public sector revenue growth has not matched public expenditure growth.DocumentSocial impact of international trade and multinational corporations activities on the people of the Niger Delta of Nigeria: a comparative analysis by gender, generation and socio-cultural differences
Global Development Network, 2002For nearly three decades, petroleum production and consumption has probably brought out both the best and worst of modern civilization in Nigeria.DocumentAnalysis of policy reforms and structural adjustment programs in Malawi with emphasis on agriculture and trade
Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 1996This study’s emphasis on agriculture’s elevated role in Malawi’s medium-term adjustment strategy and its articulation of the sector’s key role as the engine of growth and employment aptly makes an important point. Dr.DocumentStructural adjustment and Moroccan agriculture: an assessment of the reforms in the sugar and cereal sectors
OECD Development Centre, 1992This paper reviews the process of agricultural policy reforms in Morocco in the 1980's, with particular emphasis on the cereals and sugar sub-sectors.Pages
