Документы и доклады

Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina : the Guarani aquifer initiative for transboundary groundwater management : A iniciativa do programa sistema aquífero guarani : rumo a gestão prática da água subterrânea em um contexto transfronteiriço (Португальский)

This case profile provides a summary and vision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded Guarani Aquifer Program for groundwater resource sustainability and environmental protection which is valued...

Argentina - Initiatives for the Conservation of the Grasslands and Savannas of the Southern Cone of South America Project (Английский)

Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina : the Guarani aquifer initiative for transboundary groundwater management : The Guarani aquifer initiative for transboundary groundwater management (Английский)

This case profile provides a summary and vision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded Guarani Aquifer Program for groundwater resource sustainability and environmental protection which is valued...

Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina : the Guarani aquifer initiative for transboundary groundwater management : La iniciativa del acuifero Guarani para la gestion transfronteriza del agua subterranea (Испанский)

This case profile provides a summary and vision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded Guarani Aquifer Program for groundwater resource sustainability and environmental protection which is valued...

Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina : the Guarani aquifer initiative for transboundary groundwater management (Английский)

This case profile provides a summary and vision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded Guarani Aquifer Program for groundwater resource sustainability and environmental protection which is valued...

Using survey data to assess the distributional effects of trade policy (Английский)

The author develops and applies a methodology to empirically explore the effects of trade policies on the distribution of income and poverty in developing countries. He uses a methodology based on two...

Regional, multilateral, and unilateral trade policies on MERCOSUR for growth and poverty reduction in Brazil (Английский)

The authors estimate that the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA), the EU-MERCOSUR agreement, and multilateral trade policy changes will all be beneficial for Brazil. The Brazilian government strategy...

Can duty-drawbacks have a protectionist bias? Evidence from MERCOSUR (Английский)

Duty drawback (or rebate) systems, reduce or eliminate the duties paid on imported intermediate goods, or raw materials used in the production of exports. When a firm imports an intermediate product for...

How regional blocs affect excluded countries - the price effects of MERCOSUR (Английский)

The welfare effects of preferential trading agreements, are most directly linked to changes in trade prices - that is, the terms of trade. The authors use a simple strategic pricing game in segmented markets...

Endogenous tariff formation : case of Mercosur (Английский)

Mercosur appears as an interesting case study for analyzing the determinants of exceptions in regional trade agreements. Its member countries Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay intended to make Mercosur...

Does Mercosur's trade performance raise concerns about the effects of regional trade arrangements (Английский)

This study employs a new methodological approach that measures production efficiency in changing trade patterns. It shows that the most rapidly growing products in Mercosur's intratrade generally are goods...

Competition policy and MERCOSUR (Английский)

This paper provides both an assessment of the legislative/ institutional and enforcement effectiveness of the competition framework of the four MERCOSUR (the "Common Market of the Southern Cone") countries--Argentina...

MERCOSUR: objectives and achievements (Английский)

The Southern Common Market (Mercado Commun del Sur, MERCOSUR) is one of the most important examples of renewed world-wide interest in regional trade agreements. It may be seen as a consolidation of unilateral...

Transport costs and "natural" integration in Mercosur (Английский)

The authors explore the argument that trade between the Mercosur countries should be stimulated by preferential policies because of their geographic proximity. That is, that the Mercosur countries are...

Does Mercosur's trade performance raise concerns about the effects of regional trade arrangements? (Английский)

A concern about regional trade arrangements (RTAs) is whether the discriminatory trade barriers applied to RTAs encourage high-cost imports from member countries at the expense of nonmember lower-cost...