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Entries by Otaviano Canuto from 09/2011

Who SEZ One Size Fits All?

| Posted 09.09.2011 | World
Read More: Special Economic Zones, Economic Policy, Foreign Investment, International Development, Economic Development, World Bank, Sezs, World News

Various policy objectives have motivated the creation -- and exponential expansion -- of SEZs around the world. However, such successes have not been universal or without controversy in the past, nor are they guaranteed in the future.

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Economic Integration: A Quasi-Common Economy Approach

| Posted 09.14.2011 | World
Read More: Economic Integration, International Economy, Quasi-Common Economy, World Bank, World News

Is there a way other regions can reap the benefits of integration, in the absence of supranational governance?

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Trade Finance and the Financial Crisis

| Posted 09.28.2011 | Impact
Read More: International Trade, Developing World, Global Financial Crisis, Economics, Trade Policy, International Development, Trade Finance, World Bank, Impact News

As the 2008-9 financial crisis spread from its epicenter in the United States to the rest of the world, policy makers found themselves in uncharted wa...

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