Browsing by Author "Lawrence, Robert"

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    • AGOA Rules: The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Special Fabric Provisions 

      Edwards, Lawrence; Lawrence, Robert Z. (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
      Lesotho and other least developed African countries responded impressively to the preferences they were granted under the African Growth and Opportunities Act with a rapid increase in their clothing exports to the US. But ...

    • Examining Beneficiation 

      Hausmann, Ricardo; Klinger, Bailey; Lawrence, Robert (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2008-05)
      Beneficiation, moving downstream, and promoting greater value added in natural resources are very common policy initiatives to stimulate new export sectors in developing countries, largely based on the premise that this ...

    • Growth and Competitiveness in Kazakhstan: Issues and Priorities in the Areas of Macroeconomic, Industrial, Trade and Institutional Development Policies 

      Hausmann, Ricardo; Deep, Akash; Di Tella, Rafael; Frankel, Jeffrey; Lawrence, Robert; Rodrik, Dani; Velasco, Andrés (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2011)

    • How Good Politics Results in Bad Policy: The Case of Biofuel Mandates 

      Lawrence, Robert Z. (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010)
      Biofuels have become big policy and big business. Government targets, mandates, and blending quotas have created a growing demand for biofuels. Some say that the U.S. biofuels industry was created by government policies. ...

    • How Good Politics Results in Bad Policy: The Case of Biofuel Mandates 

      Lawrence, Robert (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2010-09)
      Biofuels have become big policy and big business. Government targets, mandates, and blending quotas have created a growing demand for biofuels. Some say that the U.S. biofuels industry was created by government policies. ...

    • Implications of a Future Global Biofuels Market for Economic Development and International Trade 

      Lee, Henry; Clark, William C.; Lawrence, Robert Z.; Visconti, Gloria (2007)
      Summary report from a joint ENRP/Sustainablity Science Program workshop convening experts from academia, international institutions, government, and the private sector to explore possible implications of emerging global ...

    • A Profile of the Health-Promoting Behaviors of Physicians and Lawyers 

      Wyshak, Grace; Lamb, George A.; Lawrence, Robert Z.; Curran, William John (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 1980)
      The federal government has increased its activities directed toward health promotion and disease prevention. We carried out a pilot survey of a random sample of Massachusetts physicians and lawyers to obtain a profile of ...

    • SACU Tariff Policies: Where Should They Go From Here? 

      Edwards, Lawrence; Lawrence, Robert (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2008-05)
      This paper characterizes the current South African Customs Union (SACU) tariff structure, considers its rationale, proposes and evaluates some alternatives for reform. While considerable progress was made earlier in ...

    • South African Trade Policy Matters: Trade Performance & Trade Policy 

      Edwards, Lawrence; Lawrence, Robert (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2006-10)
      South African trade policy has exerted a major influence on the composition and aggregate growth of trade. In the Apartheid period, trade protection seriously impeded both exports and imports, and the economy depended on ...