Employment Effects of Services Trade Reform
25-27 November, 2015
Trade,
Workshops | Tags:
Employment,
Services Trade,
TiSA,
TTIP
Driven by spectacular technological advances and the emergence and intensification of global value chains (GVCs), trade in services has been the most dynamic part of global trade over recent years. The concurrent rise of services trade provisions in existing and forthcoming trade agreements bears testimony
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Jobs in Global Value Chains
2 October 2015
Trade,
Workshops | Tags:
Employment,
Global Value Chains,
Services Trade
New ways of measuring global trade flows provide for a fresh look on how trade works. Data on trade in value added terms often displays substantial differences with data on trade measured in gross value. The implications for our understanding of how trade and trade
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Monetary Policy and the Distribution of Income and Wealth
September 11-12, 2015
Monetary,
Workshops | Tags:
Inequality,
Inflation,
QE
There has been intense focus recently on inequality in income and wealth across and within countries. Both developed and developing countries have experienced a marked increase in the gap between high and low income households, as well as an increase in the concentration of income
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