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TChina Paper 91/8' from the Economics Division of the Research School of Pacific Studies, ANU, this paper examines China's clothing and textile trade ...
The Role of China
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Implications for Developing Countries
Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did and began to integrate rapidly wi...
Current U.S. trade policy stresses establishing free trade areas (FTAs) with partners spanning the globe. Motivations include enhancing goods and serv...
A Checklist for Practitioners
Over the next decade, African countries are expected to be the largest beneficiaries of increased donor aid, which is intended to improve their prospe...
In recent years, African policymakers have increasingly resorted to regional trade arrangements (RTAs) as a substitute for broad-based trade liberaliz...
Asia has made significant progress in financial inclusion, but both its across-country and intra-country disparities are among the highest in the worl...
In Search of a Trade Strategy
International trade is vital for economic prosperity in Pacific island countries, but their trade performance has been weak over the past decade with ...
Implications for Low-Income Countries
While global rebalancing will mainly involve structural realignment among major advanced and emerging market economies, it could have significant impa...
During the global financial crisis, central banks in Pacific island countries eased monetary policy to stimulate economic activity. Judging by the ens...
How Fast Can It Be and What Determines It?
This study aims to test within a relatively homogeneous group of small states what differentiates the growth performance of Pacific island countries (...
Flows of development financing from the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) to low income countries (LICs) have surged in recent years. Unlike ai...
Low-income countries were hit especially hard by sharp increases in world food and fuel prices in 2007-08 and the global financial crisis that followe...
Fiscal Consolidation: Taking Stock of Success Factors, Impact, and Design...
Are there Growth Spillovers?
Trade and financial ties between low-income countries (LICs) and Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRICs) have expanded rapidly in recent years. This ...
Assessment and Trade Impact in the Context of Fiji and Samoa
This paper provides an assessment of real exchange rate measures and their impact on trade performance with special reference to two Pacific island co...
This paper evaluates the effects on the Bangladeshi economy of phasing out textile and clothing (T&C) quotas currently maintained by industrial countr...
Dealing with Preference Erosion and Beyond
Improving market access in industrial countries and retaining preferences have been Africa's two key objectives in the Doha Round trade negotiations. ...
This paper surveys the economic literature on the scaling-up of aid to Africa. It provides a checklist of issues that need to be considered when prepa...
Past Performance and the Way Forward
Regional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Africa have been ineffective in promoting trade and foreign direct investment. Relatively high external trade ba...
A Case Study of the Impact on Bangladesh
This paper evaluates the effects on the Bangladeshi economy of phasing out textile and clothing (Tamp;C) quotas currently maintained by industrial cou...
Effects on Factor Markets in the Older Industrial Countries
The Economic Costs of Food Self-sufficiency
Effects on Labor Markets in the Older Industrial Countries
The trade and labour nexus is examined with a model incorporating refinements which weaken the H-O-S result that free trade can cause factor rewards t...
Are There Growth Spillovers?