1. Macroeconomic conditions for successful agreements 2. Macroeconomic impacts of the agreements Institutional Framework Foreign Sector Public Accounts and Debt 3. Coordination of macroeconomic policies

Esta presentación discute la macroeconomía e integración regional en el hemisferio occidental, específicamente: las condiciones macroeconómicas para acuerdos exitosos, los impactos macroeconómicos de los acuerdos (marco institucional, sector externo, cuentas públicas y deuda), y la...

1. Macroeconomic conditions for successful agreements 2. Macroeconomic impacts of the agreements Institutional Framework Foreign Sector Public Accounts and Debt 3. Coordination of macroeconomic policies

This 2003 Article IV Consultation highlights that Morocco’s growth performance over the last decade has not been strong enough to reduce poverty. Growth has also been volatile because of the impact of recurrent drought conditions on agricultural output. Economic conditions improved in...

In view of disappointing levels of inward foreign direct investment (FDI), this paper examines capital flows into the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries and investigates the main impediments to a more favorable investment climate. Direct investment inflows have generally been...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the validity of Wagner's Law using annual data (1957-2006) for the US state-local government (SLG) real expenditure and eight of its sub-categories. Design/methodology/approach – The co-integration tests of Johansen and the bounds testing approach to...

Purpose – This paper proposes to use changes in intra-industry specialization indicators over the period 1996-2008 to assess the potential for factor adjustment pressures that may arise in the USA if the proposed USA-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) is implemented. Results show that...

This document sets out a framework for evaluating the implementation of environmental provisions in Regional Trade Agreements. The checklist approach to the evaluation of countries‘ experience of implementation complements the OECD‘s Checklist for Negotiators (2008). Among the issues...