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Trade Policy, Green Goods and the Labor Market: Evidence from the Philippines (anglais)

Green goods trade will matter for the transition to a low-carbon global economy as well as for its adaptive capacity to climate events. This study explores green goods trade and related trade policies...

Trade Policies Mix and Match : Theory, Evidence and the EU-Sino Electric Vehicle Disputes (anglais)

This paper studies the factors affecting governments’ mixed use of tariffs and non-tariff measures (NTMs) as trade and industrial policies. Results based on detailed bilateral-product-level ad valorem...

Bridging the Gap in Trade Reporting : Insights from the Discrepancy Index (anglais)

Accurate trade data remain central for empirical investigations of international trade and informed formulation of trade policies. However, discrepancies in trade reporting, stemming from reasons such...

Economic Consequences of Cabotage Restrictions : The Effect of the Jones Act on Puerto Rico (anglais)

This paper studies the consequences of a U.S. cabotage law for Puerto Rico (PR). Data on ship arrivals in PR show that the fleet of U.S. vessels that call there lacks capacity for carrying non-containerized...

Linking Export Activities to Productivity and Wage Rate Growth (anglais)

This paper examines the relationship between trade and job quality, using productivity and wage rate data for export and non-export activities in a sample of 60 countries across all income levels and 45...

The Quality and Price of Africa’s Imports of Digital Goods (anglais)

Imported digital goods are critical for productivity growth in low-income countries. Using detailed data on international trade flows and tariffs, this paper finds that African nations tend to import relatively...

The Trade-Growth Nexus: Evidence of Causality from Innovative Instruments for Trade (anglais)

During the past decades, extensive literature has emphasized the role of both international trade and openness in fostering economic growth. Endogeneity bias is a nagging challenge for any empirical attempt...

Quantifying Economic Impacts of Trade Agreements with Heterogeneous Trade Elasticities (anglais)

Bilateral trade relationships between countries vary across products. Such heterogeneity poses challenges when assessing the economic impacts of trade agreements. This paper estimates bilateral trade elasticities...

Linking Trade to Jobs, Incomes, and Activities : New Stylized Facts for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (anglais)

Trade expansion can create more and better jobs. This paper revisits the linkages between trade and jobs, focusing on employment, labor incomes, and job activities across a large sample of countries and...

Leveraging Trade for More and Better Job Opportunities in Developing Countries : A Framework for Policy (anglais)

Trade and labor markets are intimately connected. This connection presents governments with a dual economic challenge that cannot be resolved without social compromise: maximizing aggregate gains but minimizing...

Trade and Infrastructure Integration in Africa (anglais)

Economic integration of the African continent rests on two pillars: the ratification of an ambitious trade agreement and massive investment in transportation infrastructure. Leveraging a newly created...

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...

Uncertainty in Preferential Trade Agreements : Impact of AGOA Suspensions on Exports - Talking Points on Trade (anglais)

Uncertainty in Preferential Trade Agreements : Impact of AGOA Suspensions on Exports (anglais)

This study examines the impact of the abrupt suspension of African Growth and Opportunity Act benefits on exports from eligible African countries. The study uses a triple difference-in-differences estimation...

The Fragility and Resilience of Nations (anglais)

Climate change will impose large and differentiated tolls across countries. This paper suggests that economic fragility and resilience against climate change-driven natural shocks are shaped by: (i) the...

Building a Dataset for Non-Tariff Measures and its Usage : The Case of Indonesia and Applicability for Other Countries (anglais)

As import tariffs have been declining over the past decades, non-tariff measures (NTMs) have become the most frequently used measures in trade policy. The increasing use of NTMs in global trade has highlighted...

Official Documents- Amendment No. 2 to the Administration Arrangement with the Government of Australia represented by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for TF072808 (anglais)

Official Documents- Amendment No. 1 to the Administration Arrangement with the Government of Australia represented by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for TF072808 (anglais)

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The Trade and Climate Change Nexus : The Urgency and Opportunities for Developing Countries (anglais)

While trade exacerbates climate change, it is also a central part of the solution because it has the potential to enhance mitigation and adaptation. This timely report explores the different ways in which...