Trading Competitively

Bonaglia, Federico; Fukasaku, Kiichiro

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“…This was pointed out in a series of Executive Forums organised by the ITC on the theme of trade promotion and export strategy making. In line with the results of Bonaglia and Fukasaku (2002), ITC highlights the absence of a working partnership between the public and private sectors and the limited familiarity of strategy-makers with relevant "process" and "decision-support" tools.…”

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“…In so doing, this Section focuses on the role of trade support services and institutions in Africa, which is of critical importance in overcoming barriers to trade. This draws upon the main findings of three case studies -Ethiopia, Kenya and Mauritius -on the supply and demand of such services (Bonaglia and Fukasaku, 2002). Section V concludes and discusses lessons for TCB.…”

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“…Bonaglia and Fukasaku (2002) review the implementation of structural adjustment programmes in six African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda) with focus on trade policy reform, and briefly discuss the impact on their economies.…”

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“…In particular, the slow and unplanned development of transport services within and between countries imposes a heavy toll on exporters of these countries, where, due to the unprocessed nature of most exports, freight costs often represent a high share of export value (see Bonaglia and Fukasaku, 2002).…”

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“…Establishing a well-functioning consultative process between the government and the private sector is considered to be a key requirement for effective policy formulation, which is needed to manage and sustain an effective structural adjustment process (OECD, 2002a;Bonaglia and Fukasaku 2002;Rodrik, 2004). For the consultative process to work, it must involve active and vocal business organisations.…”

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Active bipartite co-operation between management and workers'representatives and wider tripartite co-operation with the government in accordance with national practice. 4.2.2. Realistic assessment of workers' labour market opportunities and adjustment assistance needs. 4.2.3. Use of external specialists in the case of large-scale layoffs. 4.2.4. Programmes that are of sufficient duration to provide real support while also discouraging complacency. 4.2.5. Complementary support via income-replacement benefits. 4.3. Employment protection policies that achieve a balance between lessening adjustment costs and not restricting business dynamism. 4.4. Flexible wage-setting systems, pension portability and fluid housing markets. 4.5. Education and training systems that foster the development of human capital and help ensure that labour skills meet evolving labour market needs. 5. Foster a sound regulatory and competition environment which permits transformation within firms as well as entry and exit across sectors by facilitating mergers and shifts in corporate culture, keeping regulatory barriers on enterprises to the necessary minimum and reducing the trade-distortive effects of domestic regulation through the reinforcement of: 5.1. Transparency. 5.2. Non-discrimination. 5.3. Avoidance of unnecessary trade restrictiveness. International harmonisation of standards.5.5. Streamlined conformity assessment. Vigorous application of competition principles.6. Foster a strong institutional and governance framework that will favour structural reform, while also enhancing public understanding and acceptance of reform measures, via:6.1. Effective ex ante policy evaluation, including analysis of whether proposed structural reform is in the overall interests of the community.6.2. Independent review processes to ensure that benefits will outweigh costs while avoiding conflicts of interest.6.3. Mid-term and ex post evaluation to help ensure that policies will be modified if necessary in light of actual experience as well as unanticipated difficulties.6.4. Effective social dialogue based on a well-functioning consultative process between the government and the public, including the private business sector.6.5. Sound public institutions for managing the services and incentives provided to investors, importers and exporters.

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Small Producer Participation in Global Food Systems: Policy Opportunities and Constraints

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Slater

2003

Development Policy Review

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Access to markets is increasingly seen as an essential element in providing a route out of poverty, especially for small producers of food crops in rural areas. However, the nature of those markets is changing and bringing about shifts in both levels and forms of participation by small producers in global food systems. Small producers face new difficulties, for example in meeting high standards, but there are also new initiatives, for example by fair trade companies and co-operatives. This article focuses on nine initiatives and asks what small producers must do to achieve effective and sustainable access to markets, and how different private and public organisations can contribute to this.

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Trading Competitively

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