Sustaining trade reform : institutional lessons from Argentina and Peru /
Factually, the principal finding of this book is that the trade policy reforms introduced by Peru in the 1990s have continued over several changes of president, whereas similar reforms in Argentina have been reversed. In both countries, the reforms included the introduction of new mechanisms for man...
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Washington, DC :
World Bank,
2013
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| Series: | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Trade.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Background; Analytical Framework; Box 1.1 What Institution Means in Institutional Economics; Boxes; Content of the Following Chapters; Notes; References; Chapter 2 The Evolution of Trade Policy in Peru, 2001-11; Introduction; Focus of This Chapter; Economic Development: 1990-2000; Figure 2.1 Average Annual Variation in Inflation Rate in Peru, 1990-2000; Figures; Figure 2.2 GDP Growth Rates, 1990-2000; Table 2.1 International Reserves, 1991-2000; Tables; Table 2.2 Balance of Payments, 1990-2000.
- Economic Development: 2001-10Figure 2.3 Nonfinancial Public Sector Deficit as a Share of GDP, 1989-98; Table 2.3 Government Revenue as a Share of GDP, 1990-2000; Figure 2.4 GDP Growth Rates, 2000-10; Developing a Long-Term Vision; Table 2.4 National Accounts, 1973-2010; Table 2.5 Balance of Payments, 2000-10; Figure 2.5 International Reserves, 1996-2011; Figure 2.6 Inflation Rate, 2000-11; Table 2.6 Nuevos Soles per U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate, 2000-10; Implementing the Long-Term Vision; Table 2.7 Main Economic Agreements; Negotiation and Implementation: Making Things Happen.
- Other Examples of Good Governance PracticesFigure 2.7 Requests to Initiate Dumping, Subsidies, and Safeguards Investigations, 1992-2011; Figure 2.8 Dumping, Subsidies, and Safeguards Investigations Initiated, 1992-2011; Figure 2.9 Dumping and Subsidies Investigations Resulting in Definitive Measures, 1992-2011; Figure 2.10 Number of Investigations Completed, 2005-11; Figure 2.11 Origin of Completed Investigations, 2005-11; Table 2.8 Numbers of Requests and Measures, 2005-11; Table 2.9 Requests and Measures, 1993-2004; Table 2.10 Antidumping Investigations by Sector, 1993-2011.
- Table 2.11 Antidumping Investigations by Economy, 1993-2011Figure 2.12 Exchange Operations vs. Exchange Rate, 1992-2012; Annex 2A: Tariff Structure in Peru; Final Remarks; Annex 2B: Tariff Structure by Type of Good; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Import Substitution under the World Trade Organization: Argentina; Introduction; Import Substitution in Historical Perspective; Figure 3.1 Ratio between Argentina's and Australia's per Capita GDP, 1870-2003; Figure 3.2 Ratio of Wages to GDP per Worker: Argentina and Australia, 1901-2000; The External Environment in Reform Years and Since.
- Table 3.1 Trade, Terms of Trade, and the Multilateral Real Exchange Rate, Argentina, 1990-2010Table 3.2 Comparison of the Growth of World Markets for Products Exported by Argentina and Peru, 2001-11; Trends in Import Barriers; Table 3.3 Formal and Informal Trade Restrictions Imposed by Economies, 2008-11; Table 3.4 Legal Norms Adding or Subtracting Tariff Lines to the List of Automatic Licenses; Table 3.5 Import Coverage of Nonautomatic Licenses; Table 3.6 List of Products Requiring Nonautomatic Licenses.
