Employment Effects of Services Trade Reform
25-27 November, 2015 Trade,
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Employment,
Services Trade,
TiSA,
TTIP Driven by spectacular technological advances and the emergence and intensification of global value chains (GVCs), trade in services has been the most dynamic part of global trade over recent years. The concurrent rise of services trade provisions in existing and forthcoming trade agreements bears testimony
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Jobs in Global Value Chains
2 October 2015 Trade,
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Employment,
Global Value Chains,
Services Trade New ways of measuring global trade flows provide for a fresh look on how trade works. Data on trade in value added terms often displays substantial differences with data on trade measured in gross value. The implications for our understanding of how trade and trade
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Monetary Policy and the Distribution of Income and Wealth
September 11-12, 2015 Monetary,
Workshops | Tags:
Inequality,
Inflation,
QE There has been intense focus recently on inequality in income and wealth across and within countries. Both developed and developing countries have experienced a marked increase in the gap between high and low income households, as well as an increase in the concentration of income
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At Whose Service? Employment Effects of Services Trade Reform in the MENA Region and Sub-Saharan Africa
2 October 2014 Trade,
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Employment,
Services Trade Trade in services is the new frontier in international trade theory and practice. Modern trade agreements go beyond the removal of traditional barriers to goods trade, such as tariffs, and increasingly deal with issues previously thought to be of strictly domestic concern, notably in the
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Monetary Policy and Resource Security
22-24 April, 2014 Monetary,
Workshops | Tags:
Commodities,
Energy,
Resource Security Resource security – the capacity to meet current and future demand for food, water, land, energy and minerals – has been a key concern for policymakers for a long time. As global consumption levels rise, debates on how to safeguard natural capital are moving up
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