Documents et rapports
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Aid to the services sector : does it affect manufacturing exports ? (anglais)
This paper evaluates the impact of foreign aid to five service sectors (transportation, information and communications technologies, energy, banking/financial services, and business services) on exports...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5728 Date du document: 1 juillet 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ferro,Esteban,Portugal Perez,Luis Alberto,Wilson,John S.
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Foreign aid and business bottlenecks : a study of aid effectiveness (anglais)
This paper proposes a new framework to analyze aid effectiveness. Using World Bank firm survey data and OECD aid flow data, the authors analyze whether aid targets areas that firms in developing countries...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5546 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ferro,Esteban,Wilson,John S.
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Global value chains in the electronics industry : was the crisis a window of opportunity for developing countries ? (anglais)
This paper presents evidence of the importance of electronics global value chains (GVCs) in the global economy, and discusses the effects of the recent economic crisis on the industry. The analysis focuses...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5417 Date du document: 1 septembre 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kawakami, Momoko,Sturgeon,Timothy J.
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Climate change and trade policy : from mutual destruction to mutual support (anglais)
Contrary to what is still often believed, the climate and trade communities have a lot in common: a common problem (a global "public good"), common foes (vested interests using protection for slowing down...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5378 Date du document: 1 juillet 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Messerlin,Patrick A.
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Aid for trade : building on progress today for tomorrow's future (anglais)
Since 2005, donors and development agencies have increased the overall value of aid for trade and put in place several mechanisms to channel such aid and to ensure that it targets national priorities...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5361 Date du document: 1 juillet 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hoekman,Bernard M.,Wilson,John S.
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Trade crisis and recovery : restructuring of global value chains (anglais)
The recent large and rapid slowdown in economic activity has resulted in even larger and more rapid declines in international trade. As world trade is set to rebound, this paper addresses three questions:...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5294 Date du document: 1 mai 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Milberg,William Steven,Winkler,Deborah Elisabeth
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The offshore services value chain : developing countries and the crisis (anglais)
This paper analyzes the recent evolution and impact of the global economic crisis on the offshore services industry. Using a global value chains framework, the authors classify the offshore services sector...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5262 Date du document: 1 avril 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gereffi,Gary,Fernandez Jara,Patricia Karina