PublicationsTrade and Investment Facilitation → Foreign Trade



Cross-border cooperation between Albania and Montenegro
March 3, 2008 13:45

The urgent need to introduce Cross Border Cooperation (CBC), which now exists widely throughout the EU, is a much more complex issue in the Balkan states. It is far from being achieved because each of the players find it hard to build their willingness to cooperate when basing it mainly on the needs of their own people…

Existing political conditions and economic opportunities for regional power systems cooperation
March 3, 2008 11:21

Lost potential in the South Caucasus: aspects of interstate trade
March 3, 2008 11:20

Distribution Channels in Export Promotion: Can the State Help?
January 18, 2008 12:19

This paper gives a brief overview of the techniques used by the Belarusian government to market exports, in particular the creation of distribution channels, as this part of the export activities of Belarusian enterprises is usually not very effective.

How accession to the European Union has affected external trade and foreign direct investment in Central European economies
December 3, 2007 17:45

The author traces the emerging architecture of commercial relations in Europe, and argues that the accession process had its greatest impact on capital flows, and later on good flows. The countries that have benefited most from accession, are those that followed the path of radical liberal reform.

Trade protection and industry wage structure in Poland
November 26, 2007 17:37

The authors examine the impact of Poland's trade liberalization in 1994-2001 on the industry wage structure. The liberalization was undertaken in preparation for Poland's accession to the European Union and was more pronounced in industries with larger shares of unskilled labor. Their analysis indicates that a decrease in an industry tariff was associated with higher wages being earned by workers employed in the industry, controlling for worker characteristics and geographic variables.

Beyond borders: Reconsidering regional trade in Central Asia
May 15, 2007 09:54

This paper investigates barriers to trade in Central Asia, with a particular focus on price variations between tradable goods. It finds that while prices vary significantly across the region, variations within one country are just as large as variations across countries. The paper also finds that the borders with Uzbekistan are considerably more difficult to trade across than those with Kazakhstan or the Kyrgyz Republic.

Tajikistan in the world economy: integration problems
May 15, 2007 09:54

This report considers globalization and integration of Tajik economy to the world economy, as well as development of external relations by Tajikistan.

Tajikistan: problems of trade and partnership with Central Asia countries (including Afghanistan and Xingiang Autonomous Region)
May 15, 2007 09:54

The paper considers border strictness among Central Asian countries, Afghanistan and Xingiang Autonomous Region and its negative effect on transportation, transit, trade and cooperation among the countries.

A conference under the aegis of UN provokes trade development in Central Asia
May 15, 2007 09:54

The article focuses on the proposal made by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev at the UN Conference on landlocked countries. He announced that he supports an attempt to increase volume of trade among Central Asian countries, but the author supposes that absence of mechanism of cooperation in the sphere of trade is the main obstacle for economic development in the region.

Turkmenistan: the president tries to create favorable investment climate.
May 15, 2007 09:54

The article measures investment climate in Turkmenistan after Gurbanguli Berdimuhammedov was inaugurated as a new president of the country. The author supposes that the president wants to create favorable climate for foreign investment in Turkmenistan, especially for Russia and Iran.

Regional Free Trade Agreements of Bosnia and Herzegovina: analysis and policy recommendations
May 15, 2007 09:54

This report analyses the functioning of free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with its regional partners in the SEE Stability Pact process (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro). The objective of the study, as defined by the EPPU, was to formulate policy conclusions on enhancing the effectiveness of these FTAs.

Ukraine’s Foreign Trade Developments and Forecasts
May 15, 2007 09:53

This paper discloses major developments of Ukrainian foreign trade for the recent years, shows the behavior of main factors which influenced foreign trade, presents results of modeling as well as short-term forecasts.

CIS-7 Perspective on Trade with EU in the Context of EU Enlargement
May 15, 2007 09:53

The paper analyses possible consequences of the EU enlargement on the EU – CIS-7 trade.

Regional vs. Global Public Goods: The Case of Post-Communist Transition
May 15, 2007 09:51

The paper discusses the role of regional public goods vs. global goods in influencing postcommunist transition in Central and Eastern Europe and former USSR with special attention given to three particular factors: (i) external anchoring of national reform process; (ii) international trade arrangements and (iii) international financial stability.

The Intra-Industry Trade of the Czech Republic.
May 15, 2007 09:51

This paper provides an overview of the development of Czech trade and its structure and investigates the nature of Czech intra-industry trade (IIT) and its labor market determinants.

Determining Factors of Trade and Specialisation in Transition: Econometric Testing
May 15, 2007 09:51

The study tests empirically the theoretically derived specifications of export and import functions during 1993-2002.

Import Substitution and Export Promotion Policies, Including the Issues of Strengthening the Balance of Payments
May 15, 2007 09:51

This report considers the issues of efficiency of the trade policy based on import substitution, or export promotion, on the basis of world experience.

Functions of Export and Import of the Republic of Uzbekistan
May 15, 2007 09:51

The current paper aims at identifying the dependency of export and import from changes of different factors in Uzbekistan, which define their volume and dynamics as a whole and on separate commodities.

Foreign Trade Regulation in Conditions of Economic Liberalization
May 15, 2007 09:51

The current paper focuses at the transformation of the foreign trade regulation issues in Uzbekistan during the period of transition into convertible national currency and liberalization of monetary market.

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