Central America's trade has
increased significantly in the past decade, in great part as
a result of strong efforts to reduce tariffs within the
region, as well as improvements in market access due to the

The forces unleashed by the Arab
political awakening have the power to be transformational.
One critical parameter of success will be whether the Arab
political awakening is accompanied by a concurrent economic

The trade performance of countries in
South Asia over the past two decades has been poor relative
to other regions. Exports from South Asia have doubled over
the past 20 years to approximately USD 100 billion. In

This paper assesses the impact of
internal infrastructure and landlockedness on Central Asian
trade using a panel gravity equation estimated on a large
sample of countries (167 countries over 1992-2004). The

This volume analyzes the economic
challenges confronting Turkey in its quest to accede to the
European Union (EU). It focuses on the extent to which
Turkey is ready to join the Single Market, comply with the