Month: January 2014

External Liberalization by India and China: Recent Experience and Future Challenges / Arvind Panagariya, Asha Sundaram

Paris

In this study, the authors aim to analyze India’s trade performance from the period of liberalization until the recent financial crisis, and compare it to China’s. The authors then examine Indian trade and investment policy and also institutional factors that… Read moreExternal Liberalization by India and China: Recent Experience and Future Challenges / Arvind Panagariya, Asha Sundaram

External Trade Performance of Philippines: November 2013 / National Statistics Office

Paris

NOVEMBER 2013 TOTAL TRADE STAND AT $9.527 BILLION Total external trade in goods for November 2013 reached $9.527 billion, representing an 8.0 percent increase from $8.819 billion recorded during the same month in 2012. The growth was due to the… Read moreExternal Trade Performance of Philippines: November 2013 / National Statistics Office

Foreign Trade of Turkmenistan: Trends, Problems and Prospects / Ishanguly Jumayev

Paris

Abstract This paper analyzes trends in foreign trade of Turkmenistan. It examines the structure of exports and imports of goods and trade relations with Central Asian countries. The paper is primarily focused on exports of natural gas and petroleum. Available… Read moreForeign Trade of Turkmenistan: Trends, Problems and Prospects / Ishanguly Jumayev

Changing asset endowments and smallholder participation in higher value markets: evidence from certified coffee producers in Nicaragua / Jason Donovan, Nigel Poole

Paris

This paper examines the capacities of smallholders in Nicaragua to exploit new linkages to certified coffee markets following the coffee crisis. Data on livelihood assets were collected from 292 households, which were clustered to test how differences in outcomes (asset… Read moreChanging asset endowments and smallholder participation in higher value markets: evidence from certified coffee producers in Nicaragua / Jason Donovan, Nigel Poole

Corporate governance practices in emerging markets: The case of GCC countries / Husam-Aldin N. Al-Malkawi, Rekha Pillai, M. I. Bhatti

Paris

This paper examines the corporate governance (CG) practices in emerging markets with special reference to the listed firms in the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) oil rich countries. It develops an un-weighted Corporate Governance Index (CGI) model for non-financial firms using… Read moreCorporate governance practices in emerging markets: The case of GCC countries / Husam-Aldin N. Al-Malkawi, Rekha Pillai, M. I. Bhatti

Entangled Relationship between Article 2.1 of the TBT Agreement and Certain other WTO Provisions / Henry Hailong Jia

Paris

Abstract: Article 2.1 (only the part containing the national treatment obligation) of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) has been interpreted and applied for the first time in three recent TBT disputes since the establishment of the World… Read moreEntangled Relationship between Article 2.1 of the TBT Agreement and Certain other WTO Provisions / Henry Hailong Jia

China Agricultural Economic Review, Volume 6, Issue 1

Paris

The latest “China Agricultural Economic Review is out now and the articles hereuner are accessible here in .pdf format. Articles: Steadying the ladder: China’s agricultural and rural development engagement in Africa / Kevin Z Chen, Claire Hsu, Shenggen Fan Do China’s food… Read moreChina Agricultural Economic Review, Volume 6, Issue 1

The march of an economic idea? Protectionism isn’t counter-cyclic (anymore) / Andrew K. Rose

Paris

Conventional wisdom holds that protectionism is counter-cyclic; tariffs, quotas and the like grow during recessions. While that may have been a valid description of the data before the First World War, it is now inaccurate. Since the Second World War,… Read moreThe march of an economic idea? Protectionism isn’t counter-cyclic (anymore) / Andrew K. Rose