Trade and Development

Trade is indispensable to fostering greater levels of global economic development. As the OECD has written, “No country has lifted itself out of poverty without international trade.” This category consolidates GTIPA-member reports assessing the intersection of trade and economic development.

Measuring Poverty 2020 - A report of the Social Metrics Commission

The Social Metrics Commission’s 2020 report on poverty in the UK is being published amidst the most significant health, social and economic crisis of modern times. When Commissioners first gathered in 2016 to begin to develop a new measure of poverty, we could never have anticipated that our third annual report would be released at such a time. However, the need for robust and agreed poverty measures and the Commission’s work is arguably greater than ever.

The Legatum Institute Wed, 07/01/2020

Índice de la Economía y la Sociedad Digitales (DESI) 2020: España

Tue, 06/30/2020

Capitalism needs an ethical reboot

Economists have been cautioning about the rising inequality around the world for some time now. The rising concern over the uneven distribution of the fruits of capitalism forewarned of a future when capitalism would eventually need saving from itself. The Covid-19 pandemic is probably that moment. It has revealed the deep fissures running through what was presumed to be the most efficient system of allocating resources.

Institute for CompetitivenessMon, 06/22/2020

Value Addition, Jobs and Skills: A Study of India's Exports

Exports serve as an engine of economic growth and can potentially help countries come out of poverty and unemployment. However, as the production process is increasingly getting fragmented globally, greater exports no longer imply higher domestic production, as imports of intermediate products used as inputs in exports also increase. Global Value Chains (GVCs) have now become a defining feature of trade in goods and services globally. Economic Survey 2019-20 also highlighted the importance of GVCs in India’s exports, by devoting an entire chapter, suggesting ways to integrate Indian firms into GVCs.

ICRIERSat, 06/20/2020

What can the government do in order to reduce the threshold for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to enter the world market?

In this report, we present the results of three studies and a working paper written under this project, including policy conclusions based on all four studies.

Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis (Tillväxtanalys)Tue, 06/16/2020

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