Documents et rapports
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Trade Watch (Fourth Quarter 2024) (anglais)
Global goods trade accelerated in the five months from July through November amid strong US economic growth and a spurt in demand fueled by expectations of higher import tariffs. Trade in services, which...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 196933 Date du document: 31 décembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Trade Watch (First Quarter 2024) (anglais)
Goods trade remained weak in the fourth quarter of 2023, capping the slowest year of growth for global commerce outside of a recession in the past 50 years. Trade in services grew robustly in the fourth...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 189275 Date du document: 16 avril 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina,Aldaz-Carroll,Enrique,Arvis,Jean Francois,Ashimi,Ricardo,Espitia Rueda,Alvaro Raul,Ulybina,Daria,Wellisz,Chris L,Dessus,Sebastien C.,Haddad,Mona E.
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Trade Watch (Fourth Quarter 2023) (anglais)
Global goods trade picked up slightly in September and October 2023 amid signs of global demand recovery but remained below levels in the previous year. Services trade continued to recover, and travel...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 186654 Date du document: 22 décembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina,Aldaz-Carroll,Enrique,Pereira De Amorim,Marlon,Arvis,Jean Francois,Espitia Rueda,Alvaro Raul,Ulybina,Daria,Wellisz,Chris L,Dessus,Sebastien C.,Haddad,Mona E.
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Toward a Competitive Air Transport Market in Africa : The Role of Bilateral Air Service Agreements Liberalization (anglais)
This study examines the impact of bilateral air service agreements on air passenger transport in Africa and quantifies the consumer welfare effects associated with air transport liberalization. Using an...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10204 Date du document: 13 octobre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cristea,Anca Diana,Abate,Megersa Abera,Benitez,Daniel Alberto
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How Resilient Was Trade to COVID-19 ? (anglais)
This paper examines which product supply-side characteristics affect the resilience of traded products to the COVID-19 pandemic. Relying on monthly product-level exports by all countries to the United...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9975 Date du document: 17 mars 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bas,Maria,Fernandes,Ana Margarida,Paunov,Caroline
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Globalization and Factor Income Taxation (anglais)
How has globalization affected the relative taxation of labor and capital, and why? To address this question, this paper builds and analyzes a new database of effective macroeconomic tax rates covering...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9973 Date du document: 15 mars 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bachas,Pierre Jean,Fisher-Post,Matthew,Jensen,Anders,Zucman,Gabriel
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Africa in the New Trade Environment : Market Access in Troubled Times (anglais)
Sub-Saharan Africa represents only a small share of global production and trade while hosting half of the extreme poor worldwide. To catch up with the rest of the world, the continent has no alternative:...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 168650 Date du document: 10 février 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Coulibaly,Souleymane,Kassa,Woubet,Zeufack,Albert G.
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The Impacts of Lockdown Policies on International Trade in the Philippines (anglais)
The Philippines was among the most infected countries in East Asia at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak. This study analyzes how international trade on various margins was affected by the country’s own...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9911 Date du document: 26 janvier 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Arenas,Guillermo Carlos,Majune,Socrates Kraido,Montfaucon,Angella Faith Lapukeni
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Corruption in Customs (anglais)
This paper presents a new methodology to detect corruption in customs and applies it to Madagascar’s main port. Manipulation of assignment of import declarations to inspectors is identified by measuring...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9802 Date du document: 12 octobre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chalendard,Cyril Romain,Fernandes,Ana Margarida,Raballand,Gael J. R. F.,Rijkers,Bob
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International Sourcing and Firm Learning : Evidence from Serbian Firms (anglais)
This paper uses merged customs and administrative data from Serbian firms to quantify the impact of neighboring firms’ importing experience on the decision to start sourcing inputs from new markets. The...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9790 Date du document: 4 octobre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Reasner,Mason Scott,Tan,Shawn Weiming
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The Importance of Facilitating Imports for International Trade Flows : Evidence from the Auto Industry (anglais)
Imports are becoming more important than ever in world trade in the face of rapid globalization and the spread of global supply chains. One way to boost imports is through efficient regulations and practices...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 165358 Date du document: 28 septembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ereshchenko,Viktoriya,Eknath,Varun,Zabalbeitia Mugica,Ines
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Multi-Regional Digital VAT Guidelines to Strengthen DRM : VAT Digital Toolkit for Latin America and the Caribbean Region (Vol. 1 of 2) (anglais)
Value added tax (VAT) is the largest source of tax revenue on average in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), at 27.7 percent of total tax revenues in 2019. The need for action to ensure that VAT is...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: AUS0002525 Date du document: 31 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Alam,Hanif,Buydens,Stephane,Ecker,Thomas,Jimenez,Eduardo,Lee,Hanna
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Proximity to the Frontier, Markups, and the Response of Innovation to Foreign Competition : Evidence from Matched Production-Innovation Surveys in Chile (anglais)
This paper employs a matched firm production/innovation panel data set from Chile to explore the response of firm innovation to the increased competition arising from the China shock. In addition to covering...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9757 Date du document: 23 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cusolito,Ana Paula,Garcia Marin,Alvaro Felipe,Maloney,William F.
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Electronic Archive Matrix (anglais)
Governments can maintain full regulatory control and yet fully liberalize restrictions to trade in services. African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA's) protocol on trade in services explicitly recognizes...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 162556 Date du document: 6 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Explanatory Note on AfCFTA Webpage and Electronic Archive (anglais)
Governments can maintain full regulatory control and yet fully liberalize restrictions to trade in services. African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA's) protocol on trade in services explicitly recognizes...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 162560 Date du document: 6 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Note on Keeping the AfCFTA Webpage and Electronic Archive Updated (anglais)
This short note is designed to assist the Management Information Systems (MIS) unit and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Unit to keep the webpage and electronic archive on AfCFTA updated...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 162563 Date du document: 6 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Good Practices in Private Sector Information and Consultation in International Trade Negotiations (anglais)
The objectives of the report are: fundamental source of data and intelligence for negotiators (in all areas); and critical to prepare the private sector for the gradual transition towards trade liberalization...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 162443 Date du document: 3 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Key Considerations in Designing Institutional Arrangements to Support a Country’s Integration into International Markets : Discussion Note (anglais)
Ethiopia is at a very promising yet critical juncture in its path towards development. Its incipient success in attracting efficiency-seeking Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in various manufacturing sectors...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 162393 Date du document: 3 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Institutional Arrangements to Support a Country’s Integration into the Global Economy (anglais)
This report includes: introductory considerations; institutional cluster for governing FDI and international trade; and building technical cadres.
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 162444 Date du document: 3 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Good Practices in International Trade in Services Negotiations : Techniques to Enable Gradual Liberalization – Differentiating between Roll-Back, Standstill and Ratchet Mechanisms and Relevance for the AfCFTA Negotiations (anglais)
This study focuses on: analyzing the different international agreements regulating trade in services in Africa ( covering at least one mode of supply); determining whether and to what extent, in addition...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 162377 Date du document: 2 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Echandi,Roberto