“Fragmentation” is the latest buzzword that’s being used to describe what could be a new economic era in the world, quite distinct from the decades of its predecessor that everyone knows as ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's No. 2 official on Monday warned that fragmentation in the global economy and clear shifts in underlying bilateral trade could trigger a ...

OSAKA -- The global economy has not embraced decoupling but is showing signs of fragmentation, which would be "very costly" for all, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said ...

External fragmentation occurs when unused gaps arise between blocks of allocated memory. This situation can happen, for example, when an application allocates three blocks in succession and then frees ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation We construct a new database which covers production and trade in 136 primary commodities and 24 manufacturing and service ...

Shekhar Aiyar, Jiaqian Chen, Christian H Ebeke, Roberto Garcia-Saltos, Tryggvi Gudmundsson, Anna Ilyina, Alvar Kangur, Tansaya Kunaratskul, Sergio L. Rodriguez ...

Fragmentation in global trade has escalated due to varying interpretations of trade laws and enforcement, exacerbated by the increasing prevalence of free trade agreements and the dysfunction of the ...