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The Impact of Pro-Competitive Reforms on Trade in Developing Countries

Title
The Impact of Pro-Competitive Reforms on Trade in Developing Countries [electronic resource] / Sébastien Miroudot, Enrico Pinali and Nicolas Sauter
Author
Miroudot, Sébastien.
Publication
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Pinali, Enrico.
  • Sauter, Nicolas.
Description
81 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
Summary
This report proposes an analysis of the mutually reinforcing relationship between trade, investment and competition policies and how together they impact trade in developing countries. An index of pro-competitive reforms is provided for 82 countries over the period 2001-2005. The index synthesises 13 indicators of the policy stance of countries with regard to trade, investment and competition. It is then used in quantitative analysis to determine the impact of barriers to competitive markets on trade. The results shows that there are substantial gains for developing countries in market and regulatory reforms in terms of higher trade flows and higher income per capita. Moreover, the paper further examines pro-competitive reforms in key services sectors and the extent to which trade agreements can promote them through the experience of the WTO telecoms Reference Paper. The analysis highlights that countries achieved a high degree of liberalisation in the telecoms sector and that regulatory principles of the Reference Paper were useful in promoting sound policies under domestic regulatory reforms of the sector.
Series Statement
OECD Trade Policy Papers, 1816-6873 ; no.54
Uniform Title
OECD Trade Policy Papers, no.54.
Subject
Trade
LCCN
10.1787/147131508107
OCLC
oecd-lib-003794
Author
Miroudot, Sébastien.
Title
The Impact of Pro-Competitive Reforms on Trade in Developing Countries [electronic resource] / Sébastien Miroudot, Enrico Pinali and Nicolas Sauter
Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2007.
Series
OECD Trade Policy Papers, 1816-6873 ; no.54
OECD Trade Policy Papers, 1816-6873 ; no.54.
Connect to:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/147131508107
Indexed Term
Trade
Added Author
Pinali, Enrico.
Sauter, Nicolas.
Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/147131508107 doi
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