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The United States and the New Regionalism/ Bilateralism
Yang, Yongzheng; Hilaire, Alvin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
, labor, and the environment; and addressing geopolitical concerns. Simulations of FTAs with the United States highlight the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768757
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Regional Trade Arrangements in Africa; Past Performance and the Way Forward
Yang, Yongzheng; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Regional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Africa have been ineffective in promoting trade and foreign direct investment. Relatively high external trade barriers and low resource complementarity between member countries limit both intra- and extraregional trade. Small market size, poor transport...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768946
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Economic Growth and Integration in Central America
Schipke, Alfred; Desruelle, Dominique - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
How to entrench hard-won gains, increase resilience to shocks, and improve growth performance to reduce poverty? As Central America moves forward in regaining macroeconomic stability, these are the challenges. This study analyzes Central America’s real, fiscal, monetary, and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590924
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Russia and the WTO; The "Gravity" of Outsider Status
Lissovolik, Yaroslav; Lissovolik, Bogdan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
With China's accession to the WTO in 2001, Russia is by far that organization's most prominent nonmember. This paper … of cross-section and panel regressions for 1995-2002, we find that Russian exports to WTO members have fallen short of … various WTO procedures, although own-export restrictions could have a similar effect. The model points to Russia's further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599345
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Import-Reducing Effect of Trade Barriers; A Cross-Country Investigation
Wang, Qing - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
A comprehensive empirical investigation is carried out to ascertain the import-reducing effect of trade protection barriers. We first present a statistical summary of the status of global trade protection. Then, based on a monopolistic competition trade model and 1994 cross-country data on trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605035
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Central America; Global Integration and Regional Cooperation
Rodlauer, Markus; Schipke, Alfred - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
ahead with ambitious structural reforms to entrench macroeconomic stability and ensure an attractive environment for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252532
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Commodity Price Cycles; The Perils of Mismanaging the Boom
Sosa, Sebastian; Adler, Gustavo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
America - one of the most vulnerable regions given its high, and rising, commodity dependence - and emerging Asia - which has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370555
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Safta; Living in a World of Regional Trade Agreements
Rodríguez-Delgado, Jose Daniel - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
The paper evaluates the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) within the global structure of overlapping regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768976
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Preferential Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific Region
Feridhanusetyawan, Tubagus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the Asia-Pacific region have proliferated rapidly over the past five years and … potential gains from Asia-Pacific PTAs requires a commitment to liberalize sensitive sectors, to maintain consistent provisions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599528
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Trade Restrictiveness in the CEMAC Region. the Case of Congo
Oliva, Maria-Angels - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Congo's vital dependence on trade for development stands in contradiction with its trade policy. As a member of the CEMAC, Congo's tariff scheme at least formally is guided by CEMAC's 1994 trade regime agreement. This paper shows CEMAC's customs code is restrictive relative to that of comparable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825829