The Design and Sequencing of Trade and Investment Policy Reform

The Design and Sequencing of Trade and Investment Policy Reform
Author: Brian Levy
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 38
Release: 1990
Genre: Developing countries
ISBN:

How different levels of political commitment and different degrees of organizational capability affect the design, sequence, and outcomes of trade and investment policy reform in twelve Bank- supported countries.

U.S. Trade and Investment Policy

U.S. Trade and Investment Policy
Author: Andrew H. Card
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0876094418

From American master Ward Just, returning to his trademark territory of "Forgetfulness "and "The Weather in Berlin," an evocative portrait of diplomacy and desire set against the backdrop of America's first lost war

Perestroyka and Its Implications for European Socialist Countries

Perestroyka and Its Implications for European Socialist Countries
Author: Bela A. Balassa
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 27
Release: 1990
Genre: Communist countries
ISBN:

Perestroyka, introduced in the Soviet Union to reform the economy after the "period of stagnation" under Brezhnev, involves combining centralized planning with elements of a market economy. For it to succeed, certain micro and macro conditions need to be fulfilled.

Africa and the World Trading System

Africa and the World Trading System
Author: T. Ademola Oyejide
Publisher: Africa World Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781592211333

This three-volume set presents the results of a research project initiated by the African Economic Research Consortium. The project intended to identify and examine the critical analytical and policy issues involved in Africa's economic links with the rest of the world, particularly in the context of the emerging global trading system. The project had two distinct but closely related component parts. The first was based on empirical, region-wide analysis and was designed to provide the framework for the menu of issues explored.

Earmarking Government Revenues in Colombia

Earmarking Government Revenues in Colombia
Author: W. A. McCleary
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 93
Release: 1990
Genre: Colombia
ISBN:

Reducing and rationalizing the earmarking of government funds will give Colombia's government more flexibility. The extent of earmarking could be sharply reduced by limiting its application to revenue- sharing between levels of government and to cases where the benefit applies.

Mexicos External Debt Restructuring in 1989-90

Mexicos External Debt Restructuring in 1989-90
Author: Sweder van Wijnbergen
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1990
Genre: Debt relief
ISBN:

Who in the end profited most from the official resources devoted to Mexico's last debt restructuring : Mexico or its commercial creditors? Mexico. But in establishing the basis for long- term growth the package seems a reasonable compromise between the conflicting interests of Mexico and its commercial creditors.