Author: David Bigman
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1845933095
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the most notable changes in the world economy during the past three decades has been the diverging trends in the growth of the developing countries. This book examines the opportunities open to the least developed countries as they design their strategies to accelerate growth and alleviate poverty.
Author: Stefan De Vylder
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9789158682771
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United Nations
Publisher:
Published: 2021-01-06
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9789211129984
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This series contains the decisions of the Court in both the English and French texts.
Author: T. N. Srinivasan
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780850928969
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Why have the least developed countries failed to grow as fast as other economies during the recent period of globalisation? This title explores the broad links between growth in income, globalisation, and poverty reduction. It argues that domestic and international policies have failed to serve the interests of the poorest countries.
Author: Teddy Y. Soobramanien
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: 2017-09-11
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1849291721
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Emerging Trade Issues for Small Developing Countries seeks to help Commonwealth developing countries adapt to emerging trade issues such as climate change, e-commerce, implementation of the SDGs, and the role of Micro, Small and Medium-sized enterprises and GVCs . It addresses systemic issues that impact on the participation in the multilateral trading system and WTO negotiations.
Author: Paul Brenton
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Trade preferences are a key element in industrial countries' efforts to assist the integration of least developed countries (LDCs) into the world economy. Brenton provides an initial evaluation of the impact of the European Union's recently introduced "Everything but Arms" (EBA) initiative on the products currently exported by the LDCs. He shows that the changes introduced by the EBA initiative in 2001 are relatively minor for currently exported products, primarily because over 99 percent of EU imports from the LDCs are in products which the EU had already liberalized, and the complete removal of barriers to the key remaining products-rice, sugar, and bananas-has been delayed. Brenton looks at the role EU preferences to LDCs in general have been playing and could play in assisting the integration of the LDCs. He shows that there is considerable variation across countries in the potential impact that EU preferences can have given current export structures. There is a group of LDCs for whom EU trade preferences on existing exports are not significant since these exports are mainly of products where the most-favored-nation duty is zero. Export diversification is the key issue for these countries. For other LDCs, EU preferences have the potential to provide a more substantial impact on trade. However, the author shows that only 50 percent of EU imports from non-ACP (Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific) LDCs which are eligible actually request preferential access to the EU. The prime suspect for this low level of use are the rules of origin, both the restrictiveness of the requirements on sufficient processing and the costs and difficulties of providing the necessary documentation. More simple rules of origin are likely to enhance the impact of EU trade preferences in terms of improving market access and in stimulating diversification toward a broader range of exports.