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GTA: Throwing Sand In the Wheels: How Foreign Trade Distortions Slowed LDC Export-Led Growth

The Global Crisis resulted in many trade barriers and distortions. This new eBook argues that least developed countries were hard hit by these barriers. Drawing on Global Trade Alert data, it argues that these barriers reduced these nations’ exports by 30% during the period 2009 to 2013 – over a quarter of a trillion US dollars in total.

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Evenett, S and J Fritz (eds) (2015), ‘GTA: Throwing Sand In the Wheels: How Foreign Trade Distortions Slowed LDC Export-Led Growth‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/gta-throwing-sand-wheels-how-foreign-trade-distortions-slowed-ldc

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Evenett, S and J Fritz (2015), ‘Introduction: Throwing Sand In the Wheels: How Foreign Trade Distortions Slowed LDC Export-Led Growth‘, in Evenett, S and J Fritz (eds), GTA: Throwing Sand In the Wheels: How Foreign Trade Distortions Slowed LDC Export-Led Growth, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/gta-throwing-sand-wheels-how-foreign-trade-distortions-slowed-ldc

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Evenett, S and J Fritz (2015), ‘LDC export performance since 2000‘, in Evenett, S and J Fritz (eds), GTA: Throwing Sand In the Wheels: How Foreign Trade Distortions Slowed LDC Export-Led Growth, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/gta-throwing-sand-wheels-how-foreign-trade-distortions-slowed-ldc

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Evenett, S and J Fritz (2015), ‘Crisis-era trade policy developments affecting LDC commercial interests‘, in Evenett, S and J Fritz (eds), GTA: Throwing Sand In the Wheels: How Foreign Trade Distortions Slowed LDC Export-Led Growth, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/gta-throwing-sand-wheels-how-foreign-trade-distortions-slowed-ldc

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Evenett, S and J Fritz (2015), ‘The effect of foreign commercial policy changes on LDC exports during the crisis era‘, in Evenett, S and J Fritz (eds), GTA: Throwing Sand In the Wheels: How Foreign Trade Distortions Slowed LDC Export-Led Growth, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/gta-throwing-sand-wheels-how-foreign-trade-distortions-slowed-ldc

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Evenett, S and J Fritz (2015), ‘Implications for policymakers‘, in Evenett, S and J Fritz (eds), GTA: Throwing Sand In the Wheels: How Foreign Trade Distortions Slowed LDC Export-Led Growth, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/gta-throwing-sand-wheels-how-foreign-trade-distortions-slowed-ldc

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Evenett, S and J Fritz (2015), ‘Concluding remarks: Throwing Sand In the Wheels: How Foreign Trade Distortions Slowed LDC Export-Led Growth‘, in Evenett, S and J Fritz (eds), GTA: Throwing Sand In the Wheels: How Foreign Trade Distortions Slowed LDC Export-Led Growth, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/gta-throwing-sand-wheels-how-foreign-trade-distortions-slowed-ldc