This toolkit provides a framework guidelines and practical tools for conducting an analysis of a country s trade competitiveness in terms of growth and share performance diversification and quality. It aims to facilitate the identification of the main constraints to... Lees meer.
Featuring case studies and examples of specific interventions and their impact in many countries a number of them in Latin America this book is useful to scholars academics practitioners and policy makers interested in the reduction of logistics costs and poverty red... Lees meer.
Logistics are a critical element for country competitiveness and economic performance including poverty reduction. Most emerging countries such as Asia Africa Latin America and the Caribbean are focusing on export-led growth strategies and poverty reduction strategie... Lees meer.
Explains how best to scale up private sector investment in developing country SMEs for sustainable development impact. The report identifies four main streams through which investors facilitators and enterprises can form partnerships for sustainable development. Inc... Lees meer.
Identifies a four-pillar strategy for Bangladesh to sustain and accelerate export growth. breaking into new markets breaking into new products improving worker and consumer welfare and building a supportive environment. The report identifies a four-pillar strateg... Lees meer.
This book focuses on the analysis and assessment of competitiveness within the Uruguayan broiler industry in a MERCOSUR context. Porter s 1990 national diamond was selected as the appropriate framework for analysis. This research reveals that the unique characterist... Lees meer.
In the existing reports on national competitiveness and rankings such as IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook and WEF Global Competitiveness Report there are sizable discrepancies in the ranking order for the same countries. As a result the reader is often confused beca... Lees meer.
This report emphasizes that open and fair trade is essential for Asia and the Pacific s transition to low-carbon economies and outlines the important role of Aid for Trade in this transition. With the climate crisis threatening the multilateral trading system and poten... Lees meer.
In the existing reports on national competitiveness and rankings such as IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook and WEF Global Competitiveness Report there are sizable discrepancies in the ranking order for the same countries. As a result the reader is often confused beca... Lees meer.
Presents selected applications of the new methodologies developed by the World Bank s Trade and Regional Integration Unit to assess the competitiveness of countries services sector discern the types of barriers to services that exist in the regulatory environment and... Lees meer.
Bovard offers a smashing condemnation of American trade policy and exposes the corrupt core of protectionism and the absurdity of Congress making trade more fair by making it less free . . . . shows how arbitrary and ultimately counterproductive and restrictive our... Lees meer.
In the 1980s many developed countries were increasingly tempted to improve their national competitiveness by adopting protectionist policies. This book demonstrates that such policies would be mistaken and do serious damage to industries in the countries concerned. This... Lees meer.