Documents et rapports

Quality Regulation Creates and Reallocates Trade (anglais)

Quality regulation has become the dominant instrument of trade policy. Panel evidence shows that regulations classified as sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to trade both increase...

Concept Program Information Document (PID) - Cabo Verde: First Fiscal Space and Sustainable Growth DPF - P179265 (anglais)

Sailing Rough Seas : Accelerating Growth and Fostering Resilience to Climate Change in Cabo Verde (anglais)

Cabo Verde is a young, small, and vibrant island nation with an open economy. Rising above its daunting geographical challenges and limited endowments, the country is a story of economic success. Reforms...

Appraisal Program Information Document (PID) - Cabo Verde: Second Resilient and Equitable Recovery DPF with a Cat DDO - P176148 (anglais)

Concept Program Information Document (PID) - Cabo Verde: Second Resilient and Equitable Recovery DPF with a Cat DDO - P176148 (anglais)

Appraisal Program Information Document (PID) - Cabo Verde: First Sustainable and Equitable Recovery DPF - P174754 (anglais)

Concept Program Information Document (PID) - Cabo Verde: First Sustainable, Equitable, and Green Recovery DPF - P174754 (anglais)

Appraisal Program Information Document (PID) - CABO VERDE SECOND STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES FISCAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT POLICY FINANCING - P171080 (anglais)

Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina (anglais)

This paper examines the performance of globally engaged firms in Argentina in the past decade. Using highly disaggregated firm-level customs transaction data for imports and exports, the paper documents...

Ecuador Macroeconomic Stability and Competitiveness Challenges (anglais)

Ecuador faces the challenge of consolidating the social gains achieved during the last decade while addressing the excesses committed the commodity boom period, when the state was the main drive of economic...

Ecuador Trade and Investment Competitiveness Report (anglais)

The internationalization of the Ecuadorian economy is necessary if the country is to successfully adopt a development model led by the private-sector. The Ecuadorian government is seeking to accelerate...

Courts and Business Registration : Evidence from Serbia (anglais)

This paper studies the effects of a reform in Serbia that transferred business registration from regional courts to a centralized agency. Using administrative data, the analysis employs a difference-in-difference...

FDI spillovers and high-growth firms in developing countries (anglais)

This paper evaluates the heterogeneous impact of spillovers from multinational corporations (MNCs) to domestic enterprises in the developing world. It empirically investigates two transmission channels...

Exporter dynamics and partial-year effects (anglais)

Two identical firms who start exporting in different months, one each in January and December, will report dramatically different exports for the first calendar year. This partial-year effect biases down...

The heterogeneous growth effects of the business environment : firm-level evidence for a global sample of cities (anglais)

Using firm-level data covering 709 cities in 128 countries, this paper examines the role of a comprehensive list of business environment variables at the subnational level in explaining firm employment...

All these worlds are yours, except India : the effectiveness of export subsidies in Nepal (anglais)

This paper evaluates the effect on firm-level export outcomes of the Cash Incentive Scheme for Exports program provided by the Government of Nepal. The analysis utilizes customs-level data for 2011-14...

Special economic zones in the Dominican Republic : policy considerations for a more competitive and inclusive sector. : Special economic zones, global value chains, and the degree of domestic linkages in the Dominican Republic (espagnol)

The Dominican Republic is often considered an example of the successful implementation of Special Economic Zones (henceforth SEZs) in the Western hemisphere. The zones fueled economic growth during the...

Special economic zones in the Dominican Republic : policy considerations for a more competitive and inclusive sector. : Special economic zones, global value chains, and the degree of domestic linkages in the Dominican Republic (anglais)

The Dominican Republic is often considered an example of the successful implementation of Special Economic Zones (henceforth SEZs) in the Western hemisphere. The zones fueled economic growth during the...

Does the elimination of export requirements in special economic zones affect export performance? evidence from the Dominican Republic (anglais)

Special economic zones, one of the most important instruments of industrial policy in developing countries, often feature export share requirements. That is, firms located in these zones are obliged to...

Colombia - US free trade agreement : a positive analysis of its implementation (anglais)

Over the last decade, Colombia has taken important steps towards the strengthening of its economic apparatus and its integration into the Global economy.The Colombian economy strategy is cemented in a...