The pandemic is predicted to have a significant negative impact on international trade. According to WTO projections, Latin America and the Caribbean’s exports and imports are expected to experience a pronounced decrease this year, reaching at least 13% and 22% respectively --in line with the estimates for the world. Available aggregate data confirm that the region’s trade … [Read more...] about Trade in the Time of Pandemic: How COVID-19 has impacted firms in 6 Latin American countries
Christian Volpe Martincus
Christian Volpe Martincus is Principal Economist at the Integration and Trade Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank. Christian has expertise in international trade, regional integration, and economic geography. He previously worked for the Ministry of the Economy of the Province of Buenos Aires and was advisor at the MERCOSUR Commission of the National Representatives Chamber in Argentina. In addition, he was researcher at the Center for European Integration Studies in Bonn, Germany. At the IDB Christian has been working on the role of export promotion in shaping countries’ export diversification profiles, the effect of transport costs on trade flows, the impact of integration on specialization patterns, the effect of certifications on firms’ export performance, the interplay between innovation and exports, and the impact on firms of trade facilitation policies.
How to create effective investment promotion agencies?
The international game of hopscotch Policymakers worldwide try to boost economic growth and investment, including by attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). For this purpose, they revise investment laws, reduce administrative burdens, propose new investment incentives schemes, and create and reinvent the agencies charged with promoting and facilitating investment – … [Read more...] about How to create effective investment promotion agencies?
Why Orderly Relations with Neighboring Countries Are Important for Trade
To learn more about this issue, see chapter 6 of Out Of the Border Labyrinth, a report published by the IDB’s Integration and Trade Sector, and IDB Working Paper series no. IDB-WP-704, “Transit Trade.” International transit systems International trade between neighboring countries is dominated by overland transportation, whereby goods are frequently shipped through … [Read more...] about Why Orderly Relations with Neighboring Countries Are Important for Trade
How Does Trade Respond When Borders Are Simplified via Single-Window Systems?
To learn more about this issue, see chapter 5 of Out Of the Border Labyrinth, a report published by the IDB’s Integration and Trade Sector, and IDB Working Paper series no. IDB-WP-706, “The Border Labyrinth: Information Technologies and Trade in the Presence of Multiple Agencies.” Paperwork at the Border: A Process or a Trial? About a hundred years ago, Franz Kafka … [Read more...] about How Does Trade Respond When Borders Are Simplified via Single-Window Systems?
From Lambayeque to France: Making the Export Leap Through Exporta Fácil
To learn more about this issue, see chapter 4 of Out Of the Border Labyrinth, a report published by the IDB’s Integration and Trade Sector, and IDB Working Paper series no. IDB-WP-701, “Posts as Trade Facilitators.” Pítipo is a district with a largely rural population of 20,000 in Lambayeque department, in the north of Peru. In 2011, a group of women from the area managed to … [Read more...] about From Lambayeque to France: Making the Export Leap Through Exporta Fácil