The singularity of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement resides in its comprehensiveness; the agreement considers most of the challenges associated with international trade and identifies provisions to...
Goods trade contracted slightly in the first quarter of 2023 as tight monetary conditions, growing financial stress, elevated geopolitical tensions and lingering pandemic-related disruptions in East Asia...
The key messages of this newsletter include: Trade expanded briskly in 2022 despite the invasion of Ukraine and growing global macroeconomic imbalances. The global impact of the war quickly dissipated...
New export orders have been shrinking since March 2022, amid cooling in China’s imports, war-induced disruptions in the trade of fuel and agricultural products, rising inflationary pressures, monetary...
This newsletter for the Month of June 22 has the following Key messages: The war is taking a heavy toll on Ukraine’s trade and affecting global trade. Monthly data shows that imports of maize (corn) by...
The key messages of this newsletter include: (i) the conflict in Ukraine has already disrupted shipping logistics in the Black Sea area and raised futures prices of fuels and key agricultural products...
Key messages: Trade in goods and services continued its robust recovery in February, on the eve of the war in Ukraine, even as trade in transportation equipment and international travel remained below...
The key messages of this newsletter include: (i) In 2021, global trade in goods and services returned to pre-pandemic levels, despite multiple headwinds.Global trade’s resilience may soon be tested again...
The key messages of this newsletter include: (i) Merchandise trade strengthened in November 2021 despite persistent value-chain bottlenecks and logistics constraints; (ii) Services trade is finally closing...
The World Bank Group completed the trade and gender study in the Papua New Guinea to identify the specific challenges that men and women face in cross-border trade and determine where further reforms can...
The World Bank Group completed the trade and gender study in the Timor-Leste to identify the specific challenges that men and women face in cross-border trade and determine where further reforms can be...
Gender equality is central to the World Bank Group’s (WBG) twin goals of ending extreme poverty and increasing shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. Gender inequality can cause economies to be less...
The World Bank Group completed the trade and gender study in the Philippines to identify the specific challenges that men and women face in cross-border trade and determine where further reforms can be...
Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders in Samoa The World Bank Group completed the Trade and Gender Study in the Samoa to identify the specific challenges that men and women...
Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders in Fiji The World Bank Group completed the Trade and Gender Study in the Fiji to identify the specific challenges that men and women...
Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders in Vanuatu The World Bank Group completed the Trade and Gender Study in the Vanuatu to identify the specific challenges that men and...
The key messages of this newsletter include: (i) Global merchandise trade has stabilized at levels above pre-pandemic but hides divergent trends for quantities (weakening since early 2021) and prices of...
Trade is a well-established driver of growth and poverty reduction. But changes in trade policy also have distributional impacts that create winners and losers. It is vital to understand and clearly communicate...
La singularité de l'Accord de l'OMC sur la facilitation des échanges réside dans son exhaustivité; l'Accord prend en considération la plupart des défis liés au commerce international et identifie non seulement...
It is conventional wisdom that industrial policies can be at odds with competitive markets. This note examines the historical basis for industrial policy and empirical effects. Although the direct effects...