Documents et rapports
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Balance of payments and related issues in the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations (anglais)
Little attention has been paid to the balance of payments provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade (GATT), despite the fact that they directly influence the trade policies of the developing...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 14241 Date du document: 30 septembre 1987 Auteur: Anjaria, Shailendra J.
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Trade policies and productivity change in semi-industrialized countries (anglais)
The role of trade policies in increasing growth and efficiency has long been a major focus in the development literature. This paper examines the impact of different development strategies, especially...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: REP336 Date du document: 1 janvier 1984 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Nishimizu,Mieko,Robinson,Sherman
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An empirical test of the infant industry argument (anglais)
The basic infant industry argument maintains that: the cost of a new activity is initially high; it does not pay any individual to enter an infant industry at free trade prices; if developed, the industry...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: REP284 Date du document: 31 décembre 1982 Auteur: Krueger,Anne O.,Tuncer,Baran
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The political economy of protection in developing countries : a case study of Colombia and South Korea (anglais)
This paper aims to test a model of the political economy of protection in two developing countries. The paper undertakes a preliminary analysis of the determinants of protection, using a national policy...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWI8204 Date du document: 31 juillet 1982 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: ALIKHANI, I.,HAVRYLYSHYN, O.,EPD
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Fostering technological mastery by means of selective infant-industry protection (anglais)
It is not possible to make a quantitative assessment of the need for or of the merits of infant-industry promotion without empirical evidence concerning costs and benefits. This report reviews the evidence...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: REP253 Date du document: 31 janvier 1982 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: WESTPHAL, L.
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Empirical justification for infant industry protection (anglais)
This paper argues that the emiprical evidence does not disprove the efficacy of high levels of selective infant industry protection. The argument is based on two types of evidence. Recent research on technological...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP445 Date du document: 31 mars 1981 Auteur: Westphal,Larry E.
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Colombia - Acerias Paz del Rio Steel Project (anglais)
The Acerias Paz del Rio Steel Project finances the foreign exchange cost of the the major portion of the steel mill operated by the Acerias Paz del Rio company. The company is the successor to a quasi-governmental...
Type de document: Mémorandum et recommandation du Président Numéro du rapport: P328 Date du document: 30 juin 1963 Mode de publication: Disclosed