Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2001

Technological innovations and the dismantling of trade barriers over the past decade have contributed to an acceleration of growth in global trade. This acceleration has been associated with faster growth in developing countries as a group. However...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	International trade Private capital flows Long-term trends Commodity prices Poverty reduction Regional integration Trade policy Trade barriers Trade regulation Regulatory control Standardization Labor standards Environmental standards Internet marketing Internet service providers Information technology Industrial production Gross domestic product Oil prices Foreign direct investments Merchandise trade Real effective exchange rates Skill shortages access to information agricultural subsidies agriculture average growth Average tariff black market black market premium capita income capital flows commercial banks commodity exporters competitive advantage competitive telecommunications sector competitiveness consumer prices consumption growth corporate profits Cost savings country markets currency Current account current account deficit debt deregulation devaluation developed countries developing countries Developing country developing regions Development Economics diversification durable goods ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Economic Cooperation Economic factors economic growth economic integration economic trends effective demand exchange rate export growth exports financial crisis financial resources financial systems Food processing Forecasts Foreign direct investment foreign exchange foreign sources Free Trade GDP GDP per capita Generalized System of Preferences Global conditions global economy Global Trade growth potential growth rates High trade barriers human capital Imports income income distribution inflation interest rates international competitiveness international investment international investment flows international markets international trade inventories labor costs labor force labor market labor markets labor productivity long run Long-term growth low-income countries macroeconomic policies market integration medium term Mergers monetary policies monetary policy mov Mutual recognition oil oil price oil prices oil revenues oil shock OPEC Openness Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries output growth overvaluation per capita growth policy environment pollution poor countries population growth poverty alleviation poverty reduction price changes productivity productivity growth property rights rapid growth real exchange rate real exchange rate volatility real exchange rates real GDP regional integration regulatory barriers regulatory regimes saving rate Securities shortages Standard deviation Structural transformation tariff rates technological change telecommunications Trade Agreement trade barriers trade bloc trade liberalization trade losses Trade Policies trade volumes Transition countries transition economies venture capital wealth world economy World Trade World Trade Organization WTO
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14779