Chile’s furthest northern and southern regions are designated as Extreme Zones or Zonas Extremas and benefit from special public policies that grant fiscal incentives to residents and companies to encourage...
This paper examines the impact of free trade agreement (FTA) use on import prices. For this analysis, it employs establishment-level import data with information on tariff schemes, that is, the FTA and...
The development objective of the Equal Access and Simplified Environment for Investment (EASE) in Egypt is to improve the regulatory environment for investors through simplified licensing and transparent...
Doing Business 2018 is the 15th in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. This economy profile presents the Doing Business...
In 1995, Moldova introduced free economic zone (FEZ) legislation with the aim of accelerating socioeconomic development by attracting domestic and foreign investment, promoting exports, and creating employment...
The report is structured in two parts. The first part consists of two chapters (Notes one and two), and provides an assessment of overall trade competitiveness and trade policy options. Note one examines...
This report analyzes export competitiveness in the Dominican Republic drawing from the Trade Competitiveness Diagnostic methodology (Farole and Reis, 2012). Dominican exports fare well in terms of performance...
This paper examines the micro-dynamics behind the dramatic export boom experienced by Turkey during the 2000s. Using disaggregated exporter-level customs data covering the universe of export transactions...
The objective of the Trade and Investment Gateway Project for Ghana is to attract a critical mass of export oriented investors to Ghana to accelerate export-led growth and to facilitate trade. This is...
Ratings for the Gateway Project for Gambia were as follows: outcomes were moderately unsatisfactory, risk to the development outcome was high, Bank performance was unsatisfactory, Borrower performance...
This paper examines the microeconomics behind the dramatic export boom experienced by Turkey during the 2000s. Using disaggregated customs data covering the universe of export transactions for Turkey during...