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No. 205 | 27 Jul 2017 |
Digital Trade
This paper explores the definition, measurement, and policy implications of digital trade, proposing a tentative typology of digital trade that can be used to unpack transactions and analyse the issues. Digitalisation is changing what and how we... |
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No. 204 | 12 Jul 2017 |
Export controls and competitiveness in African mining and minerals processing industries
Governments may decide to control the export of unprocessed raw materials hoping that this will promote local downstream industries. There is scant empirical examination of the actual outcomes of such policies put in place. This paper describes use... |
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No. 203 | 23 Jun 2017 |
Mapping the participation of ASEAN small- and medium- sized enterprises in global value chains
Participation in global value chains (GVCs) can be a pathway for economic development. It is associated with growing productivity, exporting more sophisticated products and a less concentrated export basket (Kowalski et al., 2015). However, it is... |
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No. 202 | 25 May 2017 |
Making trade work for all
Against the background of rising anti-globalisation sentiment, this report argues that, while there are good reasons for some people to be angry, trade is not the root of many problems, nor can it solve them on its own. What is needed is an... |
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No. 201 | 18 May 2017 |
Bringing together international trade and investment perspectives on state enterprises
State enterprises (SEs) have been increasingly competing with private firms in international markets, in terms of both cross-border trade and FDI. Given both the potentially positive contribution internationally trading and investing SEs can make, as... |
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No. 200 | 21 Apr 2017 |
Services trade costs
Estimates for ad valorem tariff equivalents of services trade restrictions for cross-border trade in six services sectors are presented in this paper. These equivalents are found to be very big in several service sectors with estimates ranging as... |
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No. 199 | 12 Apr 2017 |
How government procurement measures can affect trade
A number of countries used discriminatory government procurement policies as part of stimulus packages designed to alleviate the effects of the global economic crisis. This paper collates and updates the evidence related to the size of procurement... |
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No. 197 | 15 Mar 2017 |
Services In Global Value Chains
This report provides new evidence on the role of services in global value chains (GVCs). With the release of the Trade in Value Added database, it was highlighted that services account for a larger share of world trade than suggested by traditional... |
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No. 198 | 02 Mar 2017 |
OECD taxonomy of measures affecting trade in government procurement processes
This paper develops a taxonomy of government procurement (GP) measures to provide a basis for further analysis. It aims to undertake a more comprehensive, albeit not exhaustive, collection of GP barriers across countries, and to develop a... |
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No. 196 | 20 Jan 2017 |
Services and Performance of the Indian Economy
This paper highlights India’s unique services export led growth path. Observing that Indian business services have helped manufacturers all over the world to become more efficient and productive, it raises the question how Indian business services... |
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No. 195 | 20 Dec 2016 |
Trade-Related International Regulatory Co-operation
This report provides a conceptual foundation for the analysis of international regulatory co-operation (IRC) and its potential benefits through reduced trade costs. Different forms of IRC aiming to reduce specification, conformity assessment and... |
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No. 194 | 09 Nov 2016 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness, Mark-Ups and Competition
This report explores the relationship between services trade policies and mark-ups at the firm level, taken as a measure of competitive pressure. Restrictive regulations are found to enable firms to charge higher mark-ups in a majority of services... |
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No. 193 | 20 Oct 2016 |
The Role of Services for Economic Performance in Brazil
This paper highlights the large contribution of services to the Brazilian economy and the under-exploited potential of services to sustain productivity gains and international competitiveness. The areas with the largest potential for regulatory... |
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No. 192 | 11 Oct 2016 |
Participation in Global Value Chains in Latin America
This paper characterises the extent of GVC participation in selected countries of Latin America. It looks deeper into certain key trade policy-related aspects of Latin American trade integration with the potential to improve GVC participation. Latin... |
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No. 191 | 11 Oct 2016 |
Using Foreign Factors to Enhance Domestic Export Performance
A country or firm's position in the value chain will largely depend on its comparative advantage, and therefore the mix of skills and resource endowments it brings to international production. For some, this might initially involve specialising in... |
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No. 190 | 07 Jul 2016 |
Global Value Chains and Trade in Value-Added: An Initial Assessment of the Impact on Jobs and Productivity
This paper contributes to a better understanding of the impact of global value chains (GVCs) on jobs and productivity by providing new evidence on employment embodied in value-added trade flows. Linking jobs data to the Trade in Value-Added (TiVA)... |
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No. 189 | 13 May 2016 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): The Trade Effect of Regulatory Differences
This paper presents indices of regulatory heterogeneity based on the rich information in the STRI regulatory database. The indices are built from assessing – for each country pair and each measure – whether or not the countries have the same... |
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No. 187 | 26 Apr 2016 |
GVCs, Jobs And Routine Content Of Occupations
This work addresses the role of global value chains (GVCs), workforce skills, ICT, innovation and industry structure in explaining employment levels of routine and non-routine occupations. The analysis encompasses 28 OECD countries over the period... |
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No. 188 | 26 Apr 2016 |
The Routine Content Of Occupations
This work proposes a novel measure of the routine content of occupations, called the Routine Intensity Indicator (RII), built on data from the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) survey. The RII uses... |
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No. 186 | 02 Dec 2015 |
Managing the Minerals Sector: Implications for Trade from Peru and Colombia
Managing and regulating the extractive industries can pose substantial challenges to minerals-rich countries. Aiming to overcome the “resource curse”, some countries attempt to generate greater gains from their natural resources by using trade policy... |
OECD Trade Policy Papers
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- ISSN: 18166873 (online)
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Digital Trade
Javier López González and Marie-Agnes Jouanjean
27 Jul 2017
This paper explores the definition, measurement, and policy implications of digital trade, proposing a tentative typology of digital trade that can be used to unpack transactions and analyse the issues. Digitalisation is changing what and how we...
Export controls and competitiveness in African mining and minerals processing industries
Barbara Fliess, Ernst Idsardi and Riaan Rossouw
12 Jul 2017
Governments may decide to control the export of unprocessed raw materials hoping that this will promote local downstream industries. There is scant empirical examination of the actual outcomes of such policies put in place. This paper describes use...
Mapping the participation of ASEAN small- and medium- sized enterprises in global value chains
Javier López González
23 Jun 2017
Participation in global value chains (GVCs) can be a pathway for economic development. It is associated with growing productivity, exporting more sophisticated products and a less concentrated export basket (Kowalski et al., 2015). However, it is...
Making trade work for all
OECD
25 May 2017
Against the background of rising anti-globalisation sentiment, this report argues that, while there are good reasons for some people to be angry, trade is not the root of many problems, nor can it solve them on its own. What is needed is an...
Bringing together international trade and investment perspectives on state enterprises
Przemyslaw Kowalski and Daniel Rabaioli
18 May 2017
State enterprises (SEs) have been increasingly competing with private firms in international markets, in terms of both cross-border trade and FDI. Given both the potentially positive contribution internationally trading and investing SEs can make, as...
Services trade costs
Sebastian Benz
21 Apr 2017
Estimates for ad valorem tariff equivalents of services trade restrictions for cross-border trade in six services sectors are presented in this paper. These equivalents are found to be very big in several service sectors with estimates ranging as...
How government procurement measures can affect trade
Julien Gourdon and James Messent
12 Apr 2017
A number of countries used discriminatory government procurement policies as part of stimulus packages designed to alleviate the effects of the global economic crisis. This paper collates and updates the evidence related to the size of procurement...
Services In Global Value Chains
Sébastien Miroudot and Charles Cadestin
15 Mar 2017
This report provides new evidence on the role of services in global value chains (GVCs). With the release of the Trade in Value Added database, it was highlighted that services account for a larger share of world trade than suggested by traditional...
OECD taxonomy of measures affecting trade in government procurement processes
Julien Gourdon, Véronique Bastien and Laurence Folliot-Lalliot
02 Mar 2017
This paper develops a taxonomy of government procurement (GP) measures to provide a basis for further analysis. It aims to undertake a more comprehensive, albeit not exhaustive, collection of GP barriers across countries, and to develop a...
Services and Performance of the Indian Economy
Sebastian Benz, Anupam Khanna and Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås
20 Jan 2017
This paper highlights India’s unique services export led growth path. Observing that Indian business services have helped manufacturers all over the world to become more efficient and productive, it raises the question how Indian business services...
Trade-Related International Regulatory Co-operation
Martin von Lampe, Koen Deconinck and Véronique Bastien
20 Dec 2016
This report provides a conceptual foundation for the analysis of international regulatory co-operation (IRC) and its potential benefits through reduced trade costs. Different forms of IRC aiming to reduce specification, conformity assessment and...
Services Trade Restrictiveness, Mark-Ups and Competition
Dorothée Rouzet and Francesca Spinelli
09 Nov 2016
This report explores the relationship between services trade policies and mark-ups at the firm level, taken as a measure of competitive pressure. Restrictive regulations are found to enable firms to charge higher mark-ups in a majority of services...
The Role of Services for Economic Performance in Brazil
Jorge Arbache, Dorothée Rouzet and Francesca Spinelli
20 Oct 2016
This paper highlights the large contribution of services to the Brazilian economy and the under-exploited potential of services to sustain productivity gains and international competitiveness. The areas with the largest potential for regulatory...
Participation in Global Value Chains in Latin America
Charles Cadestin, Julien Gourdon and Przemyslaw Kowalski
11 Oct 2016
This paper characterises the extent of GVC participation in selected countries of Latin America. It looks deeper into certain key trade policy-related aspects of Latin American trade integration with the potential to improve GVC participation. Latin...
Using Foreign Factors to Enhance Domestic Export Performance
Javier Lopez Gonzalez
11 Oct 2016
A country or firm's position in the value chain will largely depend on its comparative advantage, and therefore the mix of skills and resource endowments it brings to international production. For some, this might initially involve specialising in...
Global Value Chains and Trade in Value-Added: An Initial Assessment of the Impact on Jobs and Productivity
OECD
07 Jul 2016
This paper contributes to a better understanding of the impact of global value chains (GVCs) on jobs and productivity by providing new evidence on employment embodied in value-added trade flows. Linking jobs data to the Trade in Value-Added (TiVA)...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): The Trade Effect of Regulatory Differences
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås
13 May 2016
This paper presents indices of regulatory heterogeneity based on the rich information in the STRI regulatory database. The indices are built from assessing – for each country pair and each measure – whether or not the countries have the same...
GVCs, Jobs And Routine Content Of Occupations
Luca Marcolin, Sébastien Miroudot and Mariagrazia Squicciarini
26 Apr 2016
This work addresses the role of global value chains (GVCs), workforce skills, ICT, innovation and industry structure in explaining employment levels of routine and non-routine occupations. The analysis encompasses 28 OECD countries over the period...
The Routine Content Of Occupations
Luca Marcolin, Sébastien Miroudot and Mariagrazia Squicciarini
26 Apr 2016
This work proposes a novel measure of the routine content of occupations, called the Routine Intensity Indicator (RII), built on data from the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) survey. The RII uses...
Managing the Minerals Sector: Implications for Trade from Peru and Colombia
Jane Korinek
02 Dec 2015
Managing and regulating the extractive industries can pose substantial challenges to minerals-rich countries. Aiming to overcome the “resource curse”, some countries attempt to generate greater gains from their natural resources by using trade policy...