Documents et rapports
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Trade protection : incipient but worrisome trends (anglais)
With the global economy teetering on the abyss of severe recession, political pressures demanding protection from import competition to protect employment are surfacing with increasing intensity around...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 47883 Date du document: 2 mars 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gamberoni,Elisa,Newfarmer,Richard S.
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Barrier, catalyst, or distraction? Standards, competitiveness, and Africa's groundnut exports to Europe (anglais)
In recent years industrialized countries have sought to strengthen their food safety management systems to better protect consumers against long-standing and emerging risks. In the wake of a series of...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 45108 Date du document: 4 août 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Diaz Rios,Luz Berania,Jaffee,Steven M.
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Has product-specific aid for trade increased exports? (anglais)
The impact of technical assistance on exports and export diversification should be the key measurable outcome of the projects financed by these activities. This note reviews the results of a recent study...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 45109 Date du document: 4 août 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brenton,Paul,Von Uexkull,Jan Erik
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Global food price crisis : trade policy origins and options (anglais)
The current spike in global food prices has deep roots in decades of trade distorting policies that have encouraged inefficient agricultural production in rich countries and discouraged efficient production...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 44894 Date du document: 24 juillet 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe
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The Doha development agenda : what's on the table? (anglais)
Trade ministries will soon meet in Geneva in an effort to move the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiation towards conclusion. The negotiations have been under way for almost seven years. In the areas...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 44893 Date du document: 22 juillet 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hoekman,Bernard M.,Martin,William J.,Mattoo,Aaditya,Newfarmer,Richard S.