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Entries by Otaviano Canuto from 05/2012

Connected to Compete? Not as Much as We Could Be

| Posted 05.16.2012 | World
Read More: Financial Crisis, Logistics, Trade, Rade Logistics, Trade Logistics, U.S. Logistics, Logistics Performance, World News

Trade logistics, or the capacity of countries and companies to ship goods to international markets, is a key ingredient for economic competitiveness, growth, and poverty reduction.

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Distorted Prices in Commodity Markets

| Posted 05.23.2012 | World
Read More: Commodities, Wto, Commodity Prices, Food Products, Imports, World Bank, Exports, Food Prices, World News

Take the case of the upsurge of export barriers in response to rising world prices of food staples. While a particular country might put in place such a barrier to keep food at home and prices low, the effects in importing countries are negative.

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Diamonds May Be Forever, Natural Resource Wealth Is Not

| Posted 05.30.2012 | World
Read More: Natural Resources, World Bank, Natural Resources Poor Countries, Africa-Diamonds, Poor Countries Natural Resource, World News

As we and others have argued in the past, the misallocation and mismanagement of natural resource wealth are often associated with weak governance at the domestic level.

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