Economic research and trade policy analysis

This publication is a product of the joint research programme of the International Labour Office (ILO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). It follows up on three prior joint publications by the ILO and WTO Secretariats. The first was a review of the literature on trade and employment, the second a report on the linkages between trade and informal employment, and the third an edited volume on making globalization socially sustainable. This fourth pub Read More

Pour que l’économie bénéficie du changement technologique et du commerce, les travailleurs doivent souvent changer d’emploi ou d’activité, processus qui peut être pour eux source de perturbations. Plus ce processus se déroule de façon harmonieuse sur le marché du travail, moins les coûts d’ajustement sont élevés pour les travailleurs privés d’emploi et plus les gains nets tirés du progrès technologique et du commerce sont importants pour la société. L Read More

A general equilibrium analysis accounts for all the direct and indirect linkages between the various elements in the economic system considered (e.g. countries or sectors), while imposing and satisfying all goods/services market-clearing and resource market-clearing conditions.

Les ressources naturelles sont indispensables à la vie humaine. Les ressources non renouvelables, comme le pétrole et le gaz naturel, fournissent l’énergie nécessaire à la production de presque tous les biens et services. Les ressources renouvelables, comme les forêts, les poissons et les aquifères, sont parmi les ressources naturelles les plus précieuses de la planète. Si elles sont bien gérées, elles peuvent fournir de façon continue des produits qui contribu Read More

Cambodia was the first least-developed country to complete negotiations to become a member of the WTO. Its negotiations took place in the context of the Decision on LDC accessions taken by the WTO General Council in December 2002, in which WTO members agreed that they would be bound by certain restraints in dealing with LDCs seeking to join the WTO. Given the constraints that, as an LDC, it faced when entering the negotiations, Cambodia r Read More

During the past three decades, the development of highly integrated global value chains in which products are supplied, manufactured and distributed across national boundaries have created a new form of division of labour among Asian economies, especially in North-East and South-East Asia (IDE-JETRO and WTO, 2011). The rapid growth of global value chains has dramatically changed production patterns, international trade and foreign direct investm Read More

Economic integration is proceeding across the world at an unprecedented pace. Globalization has brought enormous benefits for many countries and citizens. But some have been on the losing end of the process, and opposition to further integration is mounting for a multitude of reasons. Trade is just one aspect of globalization, and links with broader economic, political and technological forces are manifold and complex. Certain arguments against Read More

The story of economic progress is a story of economic change. It is a story in which whole industries can rise and fall, replaced by new ideas and innovations, which demand new skills. This relentless process of transformation has built the global economy of today, bringing growing prosperity for billions of people around the world – and it has made the ability to adjust and adapt an essential element of economic success. Now, as before, individuals, firms an Read More