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Trade, Trade Policy and Industrialization Reconsidered,

Helleiner, G.K. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1995

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Export Performance in Chile: Lessons for Africa

Agosin, M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1997

Since 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 papee explores the causal factors and the policy implications that can be drawn...

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A Re-examination of the Relation between Democracy and International Trade The Case of Africa

Balding, Christopher - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

increased international trade. This study tests two theories as to why democracies might trade more. First, political freedom … trade more. Second, democracy implies higher quality governance either through institutions or policy-making procedures. I … utilize a bilateral gravity trade model covering approximately 150 countries from 1950 to 1999, with fixed effects for time …

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Industrial Policy in the Twenty-First Century

Weiss, John - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

Industrial policy has attracted considerable controversy in the development context. This paper makes a case for a pragmatic and limited approach to interventions as a means of stimulating industrialization in the context of current and future challenges facing newly industrializing economies....

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The Global Impact of the Southern Engines of Growth: China, India, Brazil and South Africa

template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0; SANTOSPAULINO, AMELIA U.; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

ofthe world. The issues considered include changing patterns in trade, capital flows,and commodity prices. Both positive …

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Industrial Policy Old and New Issues

Naudé, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

The debate on industrial policy (IP) has been characterized by a number of contractions over the concept of industrial policy, its merits, contents and application. The purpose of this exploratory paper is to review the debate on IP. Outlining the concept and instruments of industrial policy,...

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Threshold and interaction effects in the trade, growth, and inequality relationship

Leyaro, Vincent - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2015

This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … over 30 years (1980 to 2010). As there is no clear theoretical relationship between trade (exports) and inequality, and as …

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Did Trade Openness Affect Income Distribution in Latin America? Evidence for the years 1980.2010

Szekely, Miguel; Samano, Claudia - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

This paper offers a medium-term perspective for analysing the trade openness.inequality relationship in Latin America … estimation of the association between trade openness and income distribution over the 30-year period. Our central conclusion in … this regard is that greater trade openness is associated with contemporaneous increases in inequality in the region. The …

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Agriculture and Trade Opportunities for Tanzania: Past Volatility and Future Climate Change

Ahmed, Syud Amer; Hertel, Thomas W.; Martin, William J. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

countries while simultaneously decreasing the likelihood of severe precipitation deficits in Tanzania. Trade restrictions, like …

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EU Aid: What Works and Why

Nielson, Poul - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

bureaucratic there is also the complexity of a close neighbourship with the EU.s foreign policy in general, trade and the eternal …

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