The objectives of the Consulting Assistance on Economic Reform (CAER II) project are to contribute to broad-based and sustainable economic growth and to improve the policy reform content of USAID assistance activities that aim to strengthen markets in recipient countries. Services are provided by the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) and its subcontractors. It is funded by ...

We develop a tractable framework for the analysis of the relationship between contractual incompleteness, technological complementarities, and technology adoption. In our model a …rm chooses its technology and investment levels in contractible activities by suppliers of intermediate inputs. Suppliers then choose investments in noncontractible activities, anticipating payo¤s from an ex post barg...

We study single and multi-period quantity flexible contracts involving one demand forecast update in each period and a spot market. We obtain the optimal order quantity at the beginning of a period and order quantities on contract and from the spot market at the then prevailing price after the forecast revision and before the demand materialization. The amount that can be purchased on contract ...

“south caucasus” has always been part of the most challenging regions of the world and it is considered very crucial for europe to maintain its security.“eastern partnership plan” (eap), which is part of neighborhood policy of eu (european :union:) started in the country a short time after the war between georgia and russia in 2008, in fact, it was interpreted as the europe’s response to russia...

In recent years, ASEAN has been accelerating its efforts to establish the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. As a member of ASEAN, Myanmar has a mandate to implement a number of policy reforms, as agreed to in the AEC Blueprint. Key reforms include trade liberalization and facilitation in accordance with the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), investment liberalization and facilitation...

Introduction 1 Section 1. Why do we need a General Agreement on Public Services (GAPS) 2 The role of these services in economic and social developme nt 2 Public and private roles: the argument and the evidence 7 Globalisation, international institutions and services 12 Section 2. What already exits 14 General Agreement on Trade in services (GATS) 14 A rights-based approach 18 A more practical a...

Objective To estimate the economic benefits related to environment and health in the context of the implementation of the Stockholm Convention for the control of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the country. METHOD The estimation was conducted based on two scenarios: non-compliance with the agreement and compliance with the Convention. Gross profit was derived from the difference in present v...

On September 19, 2003, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine signed an agreement in Yalta on “The Concept of a Single Economic Space” (SES). The idea behind this agreement was initially announced by these presidents in Moscow on February 23, 2003. Highlevel groups, led by vice prime ministers, were established to negotiate the draft documents, which were signed on August 17...