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Understanding the economic impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation policies on shipping : what is the state of the art of current modeling approaches?

Halim, Ronald A.; Smith, Tristan; Englert, Dominik - 2019

The International Maritime Organization's initial strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships stipulates that the international shipping sector should assess the impacts on states prior to adoption of the mitigation measures included in the strategy. This assessment should be...

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Is 3D printing a threat to global trade? : the trade effects you didn’t hear about : World Development Report 2020 background paper

Freund, Caroline L.; Mulabdic, Alen; Ruta, Michele - 2019

-in-differences and synthetic control methods, this paper examines the effects of this shift on trade flows. The analysis finds that trade … examines 35 products that are partially 3D printed and finds positive and significant effects on trade. The results counter … widespread views that 3D printing will shorten supply chains and reduce trade …

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Trade and female labor participation : stylized facts using a global dataset

Rocha, Nadia; Winkler, Deborah - 2019

Using a cross-section of more than 29,000 manufacturing firms in 64 developing and emerging countries from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys, this paper assesses whether trading firms have a female labor share premium relative to non-trading firms. It focuses on four types of trading firms:...

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Measuring what matters in global value chains and value-added trade : World Development Report 2020 : background paper

Borin, Alessandro; Mancini, Michele - 2019

, several important questions remain unaddressed. This paper proposes a new toolkit for value-added accounting of trade flows at …-including an assessment of the share of trade related to GVCs. The paper shows how different empirical issues require distinct …

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Emerging and developing economies : ten years after the Global Recession

Kose, M. Ayhan; Ohnsorge, Franziska - 2020

Although emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) weathered the global recession a decade ago relatively well, they now appear less well placed to cope with the substantial downside risks facing the global economy. In many EMDEs, the room for monetary and fiscal policies to respond to...

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Global economic prospects : commodities at the crossroads

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Global Economic Prospects, January 2020 : Slow Growth, Policy Challenges

World Bank Group - 2020

could be stronger if reduced trade tensions lead to a sustained reduction in uncertainty, the balance of risks to the …

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Global Economic Prospects, June 2020

World Bank - 2020

exposure to international spillovers through trade, tourism, and commodity and financial markets; weaker macroeconomic …

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Stronger Headwinds Bring New Challenges for the Government

Morisset, Jacques - 2020

With rising global health and economic concerns, Vietnam economy is expected to be significantly affected, even though the COVID 19 health crisis has been so far contained, with only 240 cases of infected people and no registered death as of early April. The World Bank's GDP growth forecast for...

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A decade after the 2009 Global Recession : macroeconomic and financial sector policies

Koh, Wee Chian; Yu, Shu - 2020

Unprecedented monetary policy accommodation in advanced economies and a large, coordinated fiscal stimulus by G20 countries helped to support a solid rebound in global output right after the 2009 Global Recession. However, global growth subsequently slowed to a sluggish pace by pre-recession...

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