scholarly journals The Contribution of Services Trade Policies to Connectivity in the Context of Aid for Trade

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Roy
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policies ◽  
Services Trade ◽  
Aid For Trade

scholarly journals Effect of Aid for Trade Policy and Regulations on Tariff Policy Volatility: Does Institutional and Governance Quality Matter?

Economies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sena Kimm Gnangnon
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Domestic Institutions ◽  
Tariff Policy ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Generalized Methods Of Moments ◽  
Aid For Trade ◽  
Governance Quality ◽  
Methods Of Moments

This article investigates empirically the effect of aid for trade policies and regulations on the volatility of tariffs in the recipient countries. The analysis has used an unbalanced panel dataset of 107 countries over the period from 2002 to 2015. The empirical results, based on the two-step system Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) approach, show that aid for trade policies and regulations influences negatively and significantly tariff policy volatility in recipient countries. Additionally, the findings indicate that the better the institutional and governance quality in recipient countries, the higher is the reducing effect of aid for trade policies and regulations on tariff policy volatility. These results, therefore, suggest that a scale up of aid for trade policies and regulations to, inter alia, build the capacity of policymakers in recipient countries to contribute to reducing tariffs volatility in these countries, which would, in turn, likely benefit donor countries. Furthermore, improving domestic institutions and governance in recipient countries would further enhance the reducing impact of this aid on tariff volatility, which, once again, benefits both the recipient countries and donor countries.

Effect of Aid for Trade Unpredictability on Trade Policy in Recipient-Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-203
Author(s):  
Sèna Kimm Gnangnon
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Restrictive Trade ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Aid For Trade ◽  
Positive Effect

This article examines the effect of the unpredictability of Aid for Trade (AfT) flows on trade policy in 124 recipient-countries, of which 42 are least developed countries (LDCs), over the period 2002–2016. The analysis shows that while AfT flows exert a positive effect on trade policy liberalisation, AfT unpredictability induces the adoption of restrictive trade policies. These results apply to LDCs and other countries, although the magnitude of the negative effect of AfT unpredictability on trade policy liberalisation is higher for LDCs than for other countries. Furthermore, AfT unpredictability reduces the positive trade policy liberalisation effect of AfT flows. JEL: F13, F14, F35

The effects of services trade policies. Introduction to the special issue

World Economy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (11) ◽  
pp. 2826-2829
Author(s):  
Peter H. Egger ◽  
Johannes Schwarzer
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Services Trade

Services Trade in ASEAN

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dora Neo ◽  
Pierre Sauvé ◽  
Imola Streho
Keyword(s):  
Services Trade
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