Documents et rapports
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Trade logistics reforms (anglais)
This note reviews the literature on the effects of reforms improving trade logistics systems and services. Three key insights emerge. First, trade logistics reforms have a notable effect on the ability...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 75208 Date du document: 12 décembre 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Subramanian,Uma
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Moving toward competitiveness : a value chain approach (anglais)
Developing countries face tremendous opportunities for economic growth given economic liberalization worldwide, and rapid advancement and application of information and communications technologies. However...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 46993 Date du document: 1 août 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Subramanian,Uma
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Can Sub-Saharan Africa leap into global network trade ? (anglais)
This paper examines opportunities for Sub-Saharan African countries to effectively participate in globalization, particularly given the increasing interest of China and India in Sub-Saharan Africa. How...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4112 Date du document: 1 janvier 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Matthijs,Matthias M.,Subramanian,Uma
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Measuring the impact of the investment climate on total factor productivity : the cases of China and Brazil (anglais)
This study measures the impact of investment climate factors on total factor productivity (TFP) of firms in Brazil and China. The analysis is conducted in two steps: first an econometric production function...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3792 Date du document: 1 décembre 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Anderson,William P.,Lee,Kihoon,Subramanian,Uma
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Global logistics indicators, supply chain metrics, and bilateral trade patterns (anglais)
Past research into the determinants of international trade highlighted the importance of the basic spatial gravity model augmented by additional variables representing sources of friction. Studies modeled...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3773 Date du document: 1 novembre 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hausman,Warren H.,Lee,Hau L.,Subramanian,Uma
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Forging subregional links in transportation and logistics in South Asia (anglais)
One of the fundamental objectives of this report is to use an analytic framework to identify key transport and logistics impediments that have left the South Asian region lagging behind in economic growth...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 21777 Date du document: 31 janvier 2001 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Subramanian,Uma,Arnold, John
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Public choices between lifesaving programs : how important are lives saved? (anglais)
In developing and industrial countries alike, there is concern that health and safety policy may respond to irrational fears - to the "disaster of the month" - rather than address more fundamental problems...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1497 Date du document: 31 août 1995 Auteur: Cropper,Maureen L.,Subramanian,Uma