The purpose of this document is to contribute to the ongoing discussion on climate change in light of the available evidence on the possible channels of transmission of the economic impact of this phenomenon and the results of the latest session of the Conference of the Parties to the United...

This paper analyzes the roles of health goods and services markets within the regional integration process. It is a known fact that the consolidation of integrated markets is slower regarding social goods and services (as health and education) than among other goods and services (e.g. durable...

As doenças transmissíveis ocupavam sete entre as dez principais causas de morte entre os países em desenvolvimento em 2001, enquanto que representavam somente duas das principais causas de morte nos países desenvolvidos. Os dados mostram que existe uma forte relação entre a incidência de...

This paper deals with a topic that has been amply debated in the development literature: the relationship between trade and growth. The paper's hypothesis is that what matters for growth is not merely openness to trade, or, for that matter, export growth per se. The key feature of countries that...

This paper describes the proposed Regional Infrastructure Integration Fund, which would complement the already existing Fund for the Financing of Technical Cooperation for Initiatives for Regional Infrastructure Integration (FIRII). The objective of this multi-donor fund is to support the...

This document is about foreign workers in Japan, the evolution of immigration policy in this country, working conditions and social security. In order to sustain the Japanese economy and its society, the United Nations, OECD, and the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) have suggested...

The growth of regional trading blocs has been one of the major developments in international relations in recent years. Virtually all countries are members of a bloc and many belong to more than one; more than one third of world trade takes place within such agreements. Regional agreements vary...

The objective of the WTO¿s Aid for Trade (AFT) initiative is to help developing countries to build the supply-side capacity and trade related infrastructure needed to implement and benefit from trade liberalization and enhance market access, and more broadly to expand their trade.

This presentation was commissioned by the Trade and Integration Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IV Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on September 17th and 18th, 2002. Challenges of Trade Diplomacy. Emergency dialogue over Trade Policy.