The World Bank research on trade and international integration aims to better understand the role of global economic integration in development and poverty reduction. The Bank has also contributed significantly to the development of databases, analytic and policy tools for analyzing the impact of policy reforms. More >>
First IMF/WB/WTO Joint Trade Workshop
December 2, 2011 - The goal of the first IMF/WB/WTO joint trade workshop was to exchange views on policy issues of common interest and discuss on-going research projects.
Op-ed: Leave China out of a Trade Pact at Your Peril
December 8, 2011 - If the problem of a rising China is that it will have a lot of bargaining power by virtue of its economic size and dominance, then a multilateral process will add more negotiating heft on the other side of the negotiation.
Increasing South-South Trade: A Research Agenda for a Changing World
December 12, 2011 - The World Bank’s Trade and International Integration Unit has embarked on a research agenda aimed at evaluating the role of product standards in influencing trade flows & economic development.
November 7, 2011 - The Doha Development Agenda (DDA) is in limbo. After ten years of hard work by skilled negotiators, seeking to identify the interests of different participants and to reconcile them into an overall agreement, no conclusion is in sight.
Where to Spend the Next Million? Applying Impact Evaluation to Trade Assistance
October 17, 2011 - The book presents examples of impact evaluations of trade-related assistance using experimental, quasi-experimental, and “natural experiments” methods.
July 2011 - The Great Recession of 2008–9 caused a negative shock to the global economy comparable with the Great Depression of the 1930s. There was an uncertainty regarding trade policy. Could the modern trading system withstand such a devastating economic blow?
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