Ya es casi un lugar común aludir a la reconfiguración del poder mundial. La declinación de los Estados Unidos, la crisis europea, la emergencia de China y la India, las migraciones masivas, la violencia y la incertidumbre son parte de cualquier…
Trade in services and its positive relation with countries’ development has been a consideration in the design of public policies. In particular, since the return of democracy, it has been pointed out by Chilean authorities the intention to improve…
In the last decade, Chile has prioritized export promotion policies for the service sector as a result of global dynamism of trade in services and the need for diversification of the Chilean economy towards higher value-added industries. This study…
Trade facilitation by way of simplifying trade procedures has long been worked by various international organizations. After the World Trade Organization reached its Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), enforcing the agreed-upon trade facilitation…
The Pacific Alliance (PA) has become one of the main regional integration schemes in Latin America, with a discourse focused on actions, where trade facilitation is one of the most important elements in the work agenda. In this sense, the…
THE IMPACT OF TRADE ON POVERTY: ECONOMIC GROWTH –UNEMPLOYMENT LINKAGE
By:
Taleb Awad-Warrad
WTO-Chair Holder
Prof. of Economics
University of Jordan
WTO/WORLD BANK TRADE & POVERTY FORUM Geneva, Switzerland, 26 May 2016
This study uses Constant-Market-Shares (CMS) analysis technique to examine Jordan’s export performance. The recently developed UNIDO method has been applied to Jordan’s merchandise exports during the 1998-2010 period. WITS database has been utilized…
This study analyzes the changes in the levels of competitiveness of four major service sectors –Transport, Communications, Travel, and Other Business Services- by using the market share position of a number of MENA countries. The approach we use…