International trade has played a key role in driving economic development and poverty reduction around the world. Over the past 30 years, developing countries share of global trade has almost doubled to...
Today’s climate-turbulent world is rife with food insecurity, threatening economic development trajectories by stunting growth, subsequently reducing employability and labor productivity, especially for...
Global value chains (GVCs) have driven dramatic expansions in trade, productivity, and economic growth in developing countries over the past three decades. Reshaping Global Value Chains in Light of COVID-19:...
Global value chains (GVCs) have driven dramatic expansions in trade, productivity, and economic growth in developing countries over the past three decades. Reshaping Global Value Chains in Light of COVID-19:...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a rules-based multilateral institution that was established in 1995 as a successor to the general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT). It seeks to achieve multilateral...
The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) 2021 Africa report provides an assessment of the quality of policies and institutions of International Development Association (IDA)–eligible countries...
The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) 2021 Africa report provides an assessment of the quality of policies and institutions of International Development Association (IDA)–eligible countries...
While trade exacerbates climate change, it is also a central part of the solution because it has the potential to enhance mitigation and adaptation. This timely report explores the different ways in which...
This paper provides a review of existing literature on cross-border trade among the Horn of African countries Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. It offers analysis on key traded products particularly...
The objective of this Regional Economic Memorandum (REM) is to strengthen the economic analysis available to policymakers on the challenges and opportunities for regional economic integration to support...
This newsletter on COVID-19 trade watch for February 2021 has the following sub-headings: principal findings; additional findings-merchandise trade; additional findings-services trade; additional findings-logistics;...
Global container shipping capacity remained flat though January 18, 2021, in contrast with the strong recovery observed from April to September 2020. Global merchandise trade has continued to recover in...
International efforts to avoid dangerous climate change have historically focused on reducing energy-related carbon-di-oxide (CO2) emissions from countries with the largest economies, including the EU...
Global container shipping carrying capacity remained flat in the most recent data through November 15, continuing the pattern from October and breaking the strong recovery in the spring and summer. In...
Global container shipping capacity began to flatten in October, following the strong recovery trends observed in late spring and summer. Globally, trade carrying capacity (4-week average) is 2.1 percent...
Trade carrying capacity is currently 1.3 percent higher than last year, suggesting that global merchandise trade activity has largely recovered from the Coronavirus (COVID) - induced contraction. Trade...
This report synthesizes the work carried out as part of a World Bank ASA (Advisory Services and Analytics) activity to identify better systems and practical strategies that countries can use for improved...
Merchandise trade showed a strong rebound in June, after declines the previous three months. On a regional basis, strong rebounds in both exports and imports were observed in Europe and Central Asia (including...
Real time indicators show merchandise trade recovering in June and July. Trade data in June, available for 22 countries, show exports were, on average, down 5.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) compared with...
Trade can dramatically improve women’s lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women’s bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work...