Trade
New World Bank working paper examines if a change in external trade costs, that is, the cost of importing, on economic activity across regions within a country depend on internal trade costs and…
The World Bank’s Agricultural Raw Material Index has been relatively stable during the past 12 months. However, the prices of its key components, cotton and rubber, have been diverging due to…
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered significant disruptions to the supply of commodities such as energy and food. This blog argues that market adjustments alongside certain government…
When the COVID-19 lockdown measures began, international organizations predicted a massive decline in remittances to developing countries. However, when the first 2020 figures became public…
The worst global food crisis in a decade was one of the top issues discussed at the 12th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization last month. It is a crisis made worse by the growing…
