Pacific Islands - Regional Economic Report : Embarking on a Global Voyage - Trade Liberalization and Complementary Reforms in the Pacific

This regional economic report, evaluates the strategy that the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) have chosen towards liberalizing their economies, and, analyzes as well the interaction of trade liberalization with complementary reforms in taxation, a...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TRADE LIBERALIZATION REFORM IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT TAX REFORMS PUBLIC SECTOR DIVESTMENT REFORM POLICY PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FREE TRADE AREAS REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM TRADE STRUCTURE MARKET ACCESS POLICY FRAMEWORK TRADE FACILITATION ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION TRADE EXPANSION INTERNATIONAL TRADE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT LABOR MARKET POLICY CAPITAL MOBILIZATION REVENUE MEASURES SKILLED WORKERS PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SOCIAL COSTS ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURE AUDITS BENEFICIAL TRADE COMPETITION POLICY COMPLETE INTEGRATION COMPLETE LIBERALIZATION CONSUMERS COUNTRY MARKETS CUSTOMS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOMESTIC CONSUMERS DOMESTIC FIRMS DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXPANDING TRADE EXPLOITATION EXPORT INDUSTRIES EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFFS EXTERNAL TRADE EXTERNAL TRADE BARRIERS FISHERIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREE ACCESS FREE MOVEMENT OF LABOR FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FREER TRADE GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL TRADE IMPORTING COUNTRY IMPORTS INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS INTERNAL TARIFFS INTERNAL TRADE INTERNAL TRADE BARRIERS LABOR CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR MOVEMENT LEGISLATION LOCAL LABOR MEMBER COUNTRIES MINIMUM WAGES MULTILATERAL INITIATIVES MULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION NATIONAL INCOME OPEN TRADE PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY MAKERS POLICY REFORMS PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL LIBERALIZATION PREFERENTIAL REMOVAL PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AREA PREFERENTIAL TRADE ARRANGEMENT PREFERENTIAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION PREFERENTIAL TRADING PREFERENTIAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATE ENTITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCT STANDARDS PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SECTOR REDUCING TRADE BARRIERS REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REFORM PROGRAMS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL MARKET REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT REVENUE LOSS RULES OF ORIGIN SOCIAL COSTS TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF DIVERSION TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF REVENUE TARIFF REVENUES TAX POLICIES TAX RATES TAX REFORM TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX SYSTEM TAX SYSTEMS TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL STANDARDS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TERMS OF TRADE TOURISM TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE FACILITATION MEASURES TRADE MORE TRADE REFORM TRADE REGIME TRADE REGIMES TRADE RELATIONS TRADE TAXES TRADING BLOCS TRADING PARTNERS TRADING PATTERNS TRANSACTION COSTS UNEMPLOYMENT UNILATERAL EFFORTS VALUE ADDED WAGE RATE WELFARE GAINS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/2004284/pacific-islands-regional-economic-report-embarking-global-voyage-trade-liberalization-complementary-reforms-pacific http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15362