The economies of the Caribbean face several challenges, such as a lack of economies of scale in production of goods and services exacerbated by small populations, narrow internal markets and scarce capital, which limit the economic gains from self-sufficiency. For this reason, more emphasis...

1. Firm Internationalisation and Investment Attraction: An Introduction to Foreign Direct Investment in Central-Eastern European Countries -- 2. Place Marketing, Promotion and Investment Attraction -- 3. Regional Product, Its Image and the Politics of Investment Attraction -- 4. Regional...

Die Studie untersucht das österreichische Soft-Loan-Verfahren vor dem Hintergrund seiner Zielsetzungen: Förderung der Markterschließung, Erhöhung des Exportvolumens, Realisierung kommerzieller Nachfolgeprojekte sowie technologische Spill-over-Effekte im Geberland und entwicklungspolitischer...

El concepto de innovación exportadora, tal como se utiliza en este estudio, adopta la definición de la Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE), que pone el foco en la innovación dentro de la propia empresa (producto, proceso, comercialización u organización).La...

This study estimates the effect of trade facilitation measures implementation on trade costs in Asia and the Pacific using data from the United Nations Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation. Impact of different sets of measures are considered, from a basic set of...

Trade facilitation measures improve the trading environment by reducing transaction costs and thereby increasing the gains from trade. Although the use of trade facilitation measures for tackling trade bottlenecks has gained traction in recent times, one aspect which remains largely unexplored...

A decade has passed since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. Less than a month after the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, an internal Secretariat Task Force was established by the WTO Director-General to monitor the trade related developments associated with the...

In this paper we revisit the evidence on the effects of time spent on border-crossing procedures for international trade using a theory-consistent structural gravity model. We exploit a rich panel data set including domestic trade flows and employ a recent econometric estimator that exhibits...

Zur Verbesserung der Zahlungsbilanzsituation wurde in den USA zum 1.1.1972 das Gesetz über die «Domestic International Sales Corporation (DISC)» verabschiedet. Infolge dieses Gesetzes können amerikanische Exporteure unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen einen Steueraufschub für einen Teil ihrer...

Understanding the impact of international trade on the use of water resources provides a set of interesting ideas and concepts to further strengthen the global sustainable development agenda. This paper investigates and devises the direct and indirect links between international trade and water...

Services are a major component of global gross domestic product and employment, and a rising component of global trade and investment flows. This is the largest sector of the Indian economy contributing significantly to economic growth and foreign investment flows. India is among the top ten...

The Belt Road Initiative (BRI) suggested by China’s President Xi Jinping provides an ambitious vision encouraging a new level of cooperation among countries along several economic corridors spanning most of the Asian economies member of ESCAP. This paper reviews the trade and trade...

Trade facilitation policies intend to simplify administrative processes and accelerate the handling of shipments across borders. Recent research shows that these policies have substantial effects on trade flows. In this chapter, we discuss what the existing evidence for trade implies for the...

The frequency, severity and economic impact of natural disasters are growing. Import surges resulting from disaster-response efforts can highlight underlying structural failings in the border clearance regimes of disaster-affected countries. Relief supplies, specialized personnel and agencies...