Mr.Juan P. Trevino

Geo-Economic Fragmentation and the Future of Multilateralism

After several decades of increasing global economic integration, the world is facing the risk of policy-driven geoeconomic fragmentation (GEF). This n...

Trade Integration and Global Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa

In Pursuit of the Missing Link

This analysis of the extent of trade integration of sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries in the global economy as well as within the region over the 19...

Building Resilient Banking Sectors in the Caucasus and Central Asia

External shocks since 2014—lower oil prices and slower growth in key trading partners—have put financial sectors, mainly banks, in the eight Cauca...

The Systemic Impact of Debt Default in a Multilayered Global Network Model

The world has become more interconnected over the past few decades. Against this backdrop, economic and financial contagion following adverse shocks c...

Oil-Price Boom and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation

Is there Dutch Disease in the Cemac?

The paper employs a heuristic comparative approach suggested by Ismail (2009) to search for evidence of Dutch disease in oil-rich countries of the Cen...

Resource Dependence and Fiscal Effort in Sub-Saharan Africa

High natural resource prices in recent years have resulted in sizeable increases in fiscal revenue for many resource-exporting countries in sub-Sahara...

Trade Integration and Global Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa

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