Trade and Development

Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Countries

06-Feb-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No.69. This paper, with five other studies, follows up the 2005 publication on Trade and Structural Adjustment and revisits the policy recommendations for successful trade-related adjustment to reassess their applicability to developing countries.

Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Countries – Country Case Study on Ecuador

31-Jan-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 67. This case study on trade and structural adjustment in Ecuador forms a part of a project studying experiences in non-Member economies and provides lessons learned on how economies can successfully adjust to trade reform.

Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Countries – Country Case Study on Thailand

30-Jan-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 63. Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Countries – Country Case Study on Thailand

Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Economies – Country Case Study on the Philippines

15-Jan-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 59. This case study on trade and structural adjustment in the Philippines forms a part of a project studying experiences in non-Member economies and provides lessons learned on how economies can successfully adjust to trade reform.

Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment: Experiences in Non-Member Economies – Country Case Study on Chile

14-Jan-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 56. This case study on trade and structural adjustment in Chile, forms a part of a project studying experiences in non-Member economies and provides lessons learned on how economies can successfully adjust to trade reform.

The interaction between investment and services chapters in selected regional trade agreements

22-Jun-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No.55. This report analyses the interactions between the investment and services chapters of 20 regional trade agreements; identifies four major types of interaction and then looks at the implications for levels of investment protection and liberalisation.

Export processing zones: Past and future role in trade and development

04-Jun-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 53.  This paper on Export processing zones provides an overview on the current trends surrounding EPZs, a review of the economic costs and benefits of EPZs and an analysis from the rules perspective that focuses on the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.

Regional trade agreements and environment

11-Apr-2007

This report provides an overview of approaches to environmental issues in regional trade agreements and summarises countries' experience in the negotiation and implementation of relevant provisions.

Facilitating adjustment: Sector experiences from agriculture, telecommunications and chemicals

13-Oct-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 41.  How can governments facilitate structural adjustment?  This follow-up to Trade and Structural Adjustment: Embracing Globalisation (OECD, 2005)  draws policy implications on (1) benefits of multilateral commitments, (2) government role in domestic reform (e.g. licensing) and state ownership;  subsidies;  and facilitation of information flows, and (3) sequencing through analysis of the tobacco, coffee, telecommunications and chemicals sectors. 

The Australian preferential tariff regime

17-May-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 33.  The purpose of this paper is to consider the preferential trade arrangements available to developing countries exporting into the Australian market. The paper opens with an overview of these arrangements, followed by a detailed statistical review.

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