For Vietnam, Trade Competitiveness Much More than a Slogan
Vietnam is one of the world's development success stories. It is undeniable. Between 1990 and 2010, Vietnam grew at an average annual rate of 7.4 percent—one of the world’s top five growth performance...
View ArticleA Fragile Country Tale: Restrictions, Trade Deficits, and Aid Dependence
Part of the World Bank’s new vision is to step up its efforts to help fragile and conflict-afflicted states break the vicious cycle of poverty. But this is no easy task. The destruction of productive...
View ArticleResilience vs. Vulnerability in African Drylands
It’s 38°C (99°F) in Ouagadougou, the capitol city of Burkina Faso, today—and it’s been this hot all week. The end of the warm season is near, but in places like Ouaga (pronounced WAH-ga, as its better...
View ArticleSticky Feet: How Workers’ Reluctance to Move Can Reduce Gains from Trade
When economists think about price shocks, they consider how a change in price will affect the supply and demand of a product. But when that product is human – i.e., a worker – interpreting the impact...
View ArticleWhat Will the Trade Facilitation Agreement Mean for the Aid for Trade Agenda?...
The world’s 45 Least Developed Countries that are not oil producers (non-oil LDCs) are exporting less and less in the global market place. Between 1985 and 2012, the world market share of non-oil LDCs’...
View ArticleCompetitiveness is Key to Trade and Development in Africa
As World Bank President Jim Kim told the African leaders who gathered in Washington for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit this week: African countries have enormous potential to increase trade, drive...
View ArticleRe-thinking Economics Education: How New 'Core' Curriculum Hopes to Better...
Summer is almost over and the fall semester is about to begin for young economics students. But this semester could be the start of something much larger at University College London (UCL) and the...
View ArticleHaïti : de l’impact positif des échanges sur le redressement du pays et son...
L’horizon semble se dégager pour Haïti, qui poursuit son redressement depuis le séisme dévastateur de 2010. Et cela, grâce (en partie) au commerce extérieur. Les autorités haïtiennes le savent qui...
View ArticlePower Pools: How Cross-Border Trade in Electricity Can Help Meet Development...
For nearly three-fifths of the world population, the lack of access to energy is a major challenge to economic development and poverty reduction. Increasing cross-border trade in electricity can play a...
View ArticleNotes From the Field: Using Trade Diagnostics to Identify Opportunity in...
Editor's Note: "Notes From the Field" is an occasional feature where we let World Bank Group professionals conducting interesting trade-related projects around the globe explain some of the challenges...
View ArticleHow to De-Enclave the African Resource Sector for More Inclusive Growth and...
The recent acceleration in growth rates across much of sub-Saharan Africa may not be purely commodity-driven, but for many of the region’s economies macro-economic stability is still dependent on...
View ArticleAt the Heart of the Matter: Improved Market Access to Food Supplies
At the Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference held in Bali on December 2013, all WTO members reached an agreement on trade facilitation and a compromise on food security issues, a contentious topic which...
View ArticleNew Voices in Investment: How Emerging Market Multinationals Decide Where,...
Emerging market multinationals (EMMs) have become increasingly salient players in global markets. In 2013, one out of every three dollars invested abroad originated from multinationals in emerging...
View ArticleBetter Than Sliced Bread? How Trade Integration Can Boost Food Security
We welcome 2015 confronting an all-too-familiar reality: there are still people in the world without access to sufficient and nutritional food. One in eight people go hungry every day, according to the...
View ArticleEnsuring the poor benefit from global trade
This week the World Bank Group, the largest multilateral provider of aid for trade, is participating in the World Trade Organization’s 5th Aid for Trade Global Review. Every two years, the Global...
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