World Bank Publications
International Trade & Development 2012
Trade and Development Series Trade Finance during the Great Trade Collapse
Edited by Jean-Pierre Chauffour & Mariem Malouche Jun 2011 410 pages 978-0-8213-8748-1 Paperback $39.95
Provides insights on the role of trade finance in the 2008-2009 ‘Great Trade Collapse’ and the subsequent role of governments and institutions to help restore trade finance markets. After reviewing the underpinning of trade finance and interfirm trade credit, Trade Finance During the Great Trade Collapse aims to answer a number of key questions regarding the causes and policy decisions made in reaction to these events.
Preferential Trade Agreement Policies for Development
A Handbook Edited by Jean-Pierre Chauffour & Jean-Christophe Maur Jun 2011 532 pages 978-0-8213-8643-9 Paperback $49.95
This handbook on Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) policies for development offers an introduction into the world of modern PTAs. It goes beyond the traditional paradigm of trade creation versus trade diversion to address the economic and legal aspects of the regulatory policies that are contained in today‘s PTAs. The book maps the landscape of PTAs, summarises the theoretical arguments, political economy, and development dimensions of PTAs, and presents the current practice in the main policy areas typically covered in PTAs.
Harnessing Quality for Global Competitiveness in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Edited by Jean-Louis Racine
May 2011 356 pages 978-0-8213-8509-8 Paperback $30.00
Where national quality systems are underdeveloped, they increase trade costs, hinder firms’ competitiveness, and weaken export performance. The objective of this title is to highlight the need to reform and modernise the institutions in the region toward better quality and standards. The book ties in with much of the work done in the World Bank on the business environment, trade facilitation, economic diversification, and enterprise innovation.
Exporting Services
New
A Developing Country Perspective Edited by Arti Grover Goswami, Aaditya Mattoo & Sebastian Saez
Getting the Most Out of Free Trade Agreements in Central America
Nov 2011 400 pages 978-0-8213-8816-7 Paperback $49.95
Through country case studies as well as econometric analysis, this book attempts to identify the factors that have helped developing countries succeed in exporting services. It is geared towards trade specialists and policymakers interested in improving their understanding of the fundamentals as well as specific factors that influenced services exports performance.
Trade Competitiveness Diagnostic Toolkit
Directions in Development Series
New
Jose Guilherme Reis & Thomas Farole March 2012 257 pages
978-0-8213-8937-9 Paperback $39.95
The Trade Competitiveness Diagnostic Toolkit (TCD) is a simple guide that facilitates a systematic assessment of a country’s position, performance, and capabilities in export markets. The TCD combines quantitative analysis – including comparison of the country against global averages, regional and income-level peers – with an emphasis on in-depth, qualitative analysis, focusing on in-country interviews with key stakeholders across trade value chains. The TCD includes two components: Trade Outcomes Analysis and Competitiveness Diagnostics.
Managing Openness
Trade and Outward-Oriented Growth after the Crisis Edited by Mona Haddad & Ben Shepherd Mar 2011 348 pages 978-0-8213-8631-6 Paperback $49.95
Presents a comprehensive analysis on how countries can balance trade openness with volatility after the 2007-2009 crisis. The global financial crisis triggered a broad reassessment of economic integration policies in developed and developing countries worldwide. A huge shock to the trading system, combined with severe macroeconomic instability, makes it natural for policymakers to call into question the basic underlying assumptions of trade liberalisation and openness. However, it is crucial not to lose sight of the dynamic benefits that openness can offer. This book aims to contribute to this important and ongoing policy debate, bringing together recent empirical work on the trade collapse, its causes and consequences, and the broader trade policy agenda in the post-crisis environment.
Edited by J. Humberto Lopez & Rashmi Shankar Jun 2011 456 pages 978-0-8213-8712-2 Paperback $39.95
The main message of this study is that Central America’s ability to exploit the opportunities created by ongoing trade liberalisation will depend on the ability of the region to implement a complementary policy agenda that creates an enabling policy and institutional environment. The main conclusions of the study therefore aim to inform the ongoing policy discussion on how Central America can get the most out of its free trade agreements: a key message that emerges is that this will depend on the ability of countries to create an enabling policy and institutional environment; one that will stimulate trade flows as well as the growth impact of these flows, while ensuring that growth is inclusive and sustainable.
Connecting Landlocked Developing Countries to Markets
Trade Corridors in the 21st Century Jean-Francois Arvis, Graham Smith & Robin Carruthers Apr 2011 300 pages 978-0-8213-8416-9 Paperback $35.00
Aims to help the policymaker and development community in general to understand the nature of the problems and policy dilemmas that landlocked countries face to trade with the rest of the World. It presents an important breakthrough in the literature, by focusing on a new conceptual framework that challenges the previous paradigm based on physical infrastructure and state-led access solutions, embodied in many treaties.
Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia
Hamid R. Alavi
New
Dec 2011 272 pages 978-0-8213-8626-2 Paperback $35.00
Examines private sector participation in rice and (yellow) maize markets in five ASEAN countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, with the objective of identifying the potential role that it could play to provide greater regional food security.