Contents: 1. Introduction Oliver Morrissey, Ricardo A. Lopez and Kishor SharmaPart I: MAJOR THEMES2. Trade, Tariffs, Growth and Poverty Charles Ackah, Vincent Leyaro and Oliver Morrissey3. Trade CostsFestus Ebo Turkson4. Building the Infrastructure for Trade: Developments in Trade Facilitation and Aid-for-TradeEsteban Ferro, John S. Wilson and Peter McConaghy5. Trade Preferences: Schemes and EffectsXavier Cirera and Edgar Cooke6. Trade Preferences from a Policy PerspectiveMaria Persson7. Trade and Firm PerformanceRicardo A. Lopez8. Trade and Child LabourAnnie VoyPart II: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA9. Enterprise Agglomeration and Firm Performance in sub-Saharan AfricaEyerusalem Siba and Mans Soderbom10. Informal Cross Border Trade and Smuggling in AfricaStephen Golub11. Integration and Regional Trade in Sub-Saharan AfricaFestus Ebo Turkson12. Commodity Prices and Export Performance in Sub-Saharan African CountriesAndrew Mold and Annalisa Prizzon13. Trade Structure and Trade Costs: What makes Sub-Saharan Africa different?Vincent LeyaroPart III: LATIN AMERICA14. The Rise of Brazil in Global TradeRaffi Garcia and Ricardo A. Lopez15. Export Diversification Dynamics in Latin AmericaManuel R. Agosin and Luis David Chanci Arango16. Exchange Rate Volatility and Exports: The Case of ColombiaIvan T. Kandilov and Asli Leblebicioglu17. Imported Technology and Firm Exporting: The Case of ChileAna M. Fernandes and Ricardo A. Lopez18. Foreign Direct Investment in MexicoAndreas WaldkirchPart IV: EAST ASIA19. Global Production Sharing, Trade Patterns, and Determinants of Trade Flows: The Role of East AsiaPrema-chandra Athukorala and Jayant Menon20. Exports and FDI in China Jing Zhang and Xufei Zhang 21. Trade, Growth and External Shocks in IndonesiaTulus T.H. Tambunan22. Trade, Environment and the Labour Market in MalaysiaGamini Herath and Gareth Leeves23. Vertical Specialization in Chinese Foreign Trade?Kishor Sharma and Wang WeiIndex.