Documents et rapports
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On the recent trade performance of Sub-Saharan African countries : cause for hope, or more of the same? (anglais)
The study examines the recent trade performance of twenty eight large, and medium-sized Sub-Saharan African countries, in an attempt to determine the change in trends. Between the years 1980-1990, Africa's...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 22697 Date du document: 30 septembre 2000 Auteur: Ng, Francis,Yeats, Alexander J.
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Les échanges internationaux de l’Afrique subsaharienne : espoir ou statu quo ? (français)
L’étude examine les résultats commerciaux récents de 28 grandes et moyennes entreprises des pays d’Afrique subsaharienne pour tenter de déterminer l’évolution des tendances. Au cours des années 80 et 90...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 22697 Date du document: 30 septembre 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ng, Francis,Yeats, Alexander J.
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Just how big is global production sharing? (anglais)
Sharing different stages of manufacturing between countries is of major and growing importance. But because of previous deficiencies in the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC Revision 1)...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1871 Date du document: 31 janvier 1998 Auteur: Yeats, Alexander J.
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The World Bank economic review 12(1) (anglais)
Does Mercosur's trade performance raise concerns about the effects of regional trade agreements?, by Alexander J. Yeats. A panel data analysis of the fungibility of foreign aid, by Tarhan Feyzioglu, Vinaya...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 17997 Date du document: 31 janvier 1998 Auteur: Yeats, Alexander J.,Feyzioglu, Tarhan,Swaroop,Vinaya,Zhu,Min,Aw-Roberts,Bee Yan,Batra,Geeta,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Lopez, Ramon,Von Amsberg,Joachim,Wei,Anning,Guba,Waldemar,Burcroff, Richard, 2nd
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Did domestic policies marginalize Africa in international trade? (anglais)
This books analyzes and evaluates evidence concerning the influence of external protectionism and Africa's domestic policies on the region's trade performance. Sub-Saharan Africa's share of trade has fallen...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 16313 Date du document: 31 janvier 1997 Auteur: Yeats, Alexander J.,Amjadi,Azita,Reincke, Ulrich,Ng,Francis K. T.
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Did external barriers cause the marginalization of sub-Saharan Africa in world trade? (anglais)
OECD barriers did not play a significant role in sub-Saharan Africa's declining position in world trade over the last three decades. The detrimental effects of the African countries' own policies, such...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: WDP348 Date du document: 31 décembre 1996 Auteur: Amjadi,Azita,Reincke, Ulrich,Yeats, Alexander J.
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Have transport costs contributed to the relative decline of sub-Saharan African exports? Some preliminary empirical evidence (anglais)
From the mid-1950s to 1990, sub-Saharan Africa's share of global exports fell from 3.1 to under 1.2 percent, a decline that implies associated export earning losses of about $65 billion annually. Previous...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1559 Date du document: 31 décembre 1995 Auteur: Amjadi, Azita,Yeats, Alexander J.
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What are OECD trade preferences worth to sub-Saharan Africa? (anglais)
Some developing countries may experience important trade losses if tariffs are liberalized on a general most-favored-nation (MFN) basis. Sub-Saharan Africa appears to be especially vulnerable to this problem...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1254 Date du document: 28 février 1994 Auteur: Yeats, Alexander J.,DEC
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China's foreign trade and comparative advantage : prospects, problems, and policy implications (anglais)
This study undertakes a detailed analysis of secular trends in China's trade and "revealed" comparative advantage (RCA) for roughly two decades starting in the mid-1960s. The empirical analysis shows China...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: WDP141 Date du document: 30 novembre 1991 Auteur: Yeats, Alexander J.
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On the accuracy of economic observations : do sub-Saharan trade statistics mean anything? (anglais)
African governments are being urged to promote commodity exports, yet without reliable trade statistics it is difficult to formulate appropriate policies to achieve this goal. This article assesses the...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 14208 Date du document: 31 mai 1990 Auteur: Yeats, Alexander J.
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Two sources of bias in standard partial equilibrium trade models (anglais)
The methodological problems associated with standard partial equilibrium models may impart a significant bias in their projections of the trade effects of tariff cuts. First, these models fail to account...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS374 Date du document: 28 février 1990 Auteur: Laird,Samuel,Yeats, Alexander J.
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The World Bank economic review 4(1) (anglais)
Do African countries pay more for imports? - Yes. Investment incentives: new money, debt relief, and the critical role of conditionality in the debt crisis. Debt relief: implications of secondary market...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 17593 Date du document: 31 janvier 1990 Auteur: Yeats, Alexander J.,Claessens, Stijn,Diwan,Ishac,Cohen,Daniel,Mundlak,Yair,Cavallo,Domingo F.,Domenech, Roberto,Mintz,Jack M.,Pursell,Garry