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Coping with Trade Liberalisation Adjustments
With the prospect of further trade liberalisation the question for developing and vulnerable countries of how best to manage the adjustment process...
South South Trade in Goods
The empirical analysis presented in this paper indicates that trade between developing countries (South-South trade) offers a wide scope for...
Non Tariff Barriers in Computable General Equilibrium Modelling
With diminishing tariffs, the focus of trade policy makers and analysts is logically turning towards non-tariff barriers (NTBs), but there much...
The Doha Negotiations on Trade in Goods: A European Perspective
The note reviews the basic market access issues in the Doha negotiations on trade in goods from an European perspective. First, it shows that some...
Emerging on the European Policy Radar: The Voluntary Sector
The voluntary sector, also known as “civil society” or the “third sector”, makes an important contribution to nearly every field of social...
Debt Relief and Changing Governance Structures in Developing Countries
In this paper we empirically discuss the question whether or not debt relief in the past fifteen years has been economically rational. Analysing the...
Better Regulation in Europe – Current Legal Problems
“Better Regulation” is afoot in Europe. After several transatlantic conflicts over regulatory topics such as the precautionary principle,...