This paper presents a nowcasting model for global trade that allows for regional dynamics and spillovers. World trade growth is driven by common global factors but also regional trends. While existing ...

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It’s why the United Nations Trade and Development Program, or UNCTAD, warned this week that the White House needs to exempt the world’s most vulnerable countries from what appear to be unnecessarily ...

Many observers of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) believe the lack of economic prospects and poverty in the everyday life of people in the region contribute to extremism, and perhaps even to ...