Miscellaneous Publications

Research Highlights 2007 - Trade and International Integration
Most developing economies have undertaken significant liberalization of trade and investment policy regimes in recent years. Many countries have benefited from increasing trade volumes, but others have not. The research program seeks to better understand the role of international trade in goods and services, foreign direct investment (FDI) and migration in economic development, and to analyze and devise policies to increase the gains from integration.

Global Trade and Financial Architecture Project
The objectives of this project, undertaken during 2004-2005 and supported financially by the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID), are to identify and analyze options for making the multilateral trading system more supportive of development, and in particular to follow up on a number of the specific recommendations made in the UN MDG taskforce report (“Trade for development”). A number of research papers generated by the project have been posted on the website of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization under the heading Global Trade Reform. Posted papers address trade and povery linkages, preference erosion, the need for and design of additional "aid for trade" mechanisms and the design and enforcement of trade agreements, including new approaches towards special and differential treatment. The site also includes a summary of the main policy conclusions emerging from the project: “Strengthening the Global Trade Architecture for Economic Development: An Agenda for Action”. For more information and access to the papers and report, please go to Global Trade and Financial Architecture.

Development and the Global Trading Architecture - An Overview of the Global Trade and Financial Architecture Project- (pdf - 180k)

Strengthening the Global Trade Architecture for Economic Development: An Agenda for Action:

• English version - (pdf - 65k)
• French version - (pdf - 78k)
• Spanish version - (pdf - 83k)
  

Discussion Papers:

• Integrating the Least Developed Countries in the World Trading System: The Current Impact of EU Preferences under Everything But Arms, Paul Brenton, April, 2003.
• The Uruguay Round and the Developing Economies, Will Martin and L. Alan Winters, October, 1995.

Policy Papers:

• Market Access for Developing Country Exports - Selected Issues (pdf - 826k), September, 2002.
• Trade Blocs, August, 2000.
• Trade Performance and Policy in the New Independent States, Constantine Michalopoulos and David Tarr, March, 1996.
• Did Domestic Policies Marginalize Africa in International Trade?, Alexander Yeats with Azita Amjadi, Ulrich Reincke and Francis Ng, January, 1997.
• What Makes Exports Boom?, Mark J. Roberts and James R. Tybout, January, 1997.
• The Uruguay Round: Widening and Deepening the World Trading System, Will Martin and L. Alan Winters, January, 1995.

Regional Studies:

• "Comparative Advantage in International Trade for Central Asia," (pdf - 340k) Matthias Luecke and Jacek Rothert, January, 2006. Note: Data used for this study are available to the public through the ITC's TradeMap tool.
• Trade Facilitation: A Development Perspective in the Asian Pacific Region (pdf - 1.27Mb) John S. Wilson, Catherine Mann, Yuen Pau Woo, Nizar Assanie, and Inbom Choi, October, 2002
• What Can Africa Expect from Its Traditional Exports?, Francis Ng and Alexander Yeats, February, 2002.
• Free Trade Area Membership as a Stepping Stone to Development: The Case of ASEAN, Emiko Fukase and Will Martin, February, 2001.
• Trade and Foreign Exchange in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Reform Agenda, Economic Implications and Impact on the Poor, David Tarr, January, 2001.
• On the Recent Trade Performance of Sub-Saharan Africa Countries: Cause for Hope or More of the Same?, Alexander Yeats and Francis Ng, September, 2000.
• Trade Policies in the Caribbean Countries: A Look at the Positive Agenda (pdf - 303k) J. Michael Finger, Francis Ng, and Isidro Soloaga, June, 1998.

Others:

• Making Trade Work for the Poor (pdf - 179k), Nicholas Stern, November, 2002.

Last updated on Mar 11, 2009