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    Analysis of specific legal and trade-related issues in a possible PH-EU economic partnership

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The paper provides a broad overview of the mandate of the Philippine Constitution in relation to commitments made under free trade agreements and compares this to the EU mandate as a means of assessing the underlying development goals of each party and, in particular, the strengths and weaknesses of the Philippines’ trade-related policies and institutional structures.
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    A system-wide study of the logistics industry in the Greater Capital Region

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Port of Manila, the largest seaport in the country, has been recognised as the most widely used port in the Greater Capital Region with utilization rate of 71.6% compared to only 2.3% and 6.1% utilisation of Batangas and Subic Ports, respectively (NEDA, 2012).
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    Toward an enabling set of rules of origin for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnertship

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The global arena in recent decades has witnessed a rise in regional and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs). Asia came in late but has now become very active in FTA engagement, with ASEAN at the hub of most of the FTA activity.
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    Toward an effective regulatory management system: Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    In the emerging ASEAN Economic Community, regulatory quality and coherence will be critical in stimulating investments and improving the overall business and in vestment climate.
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    The growth of micro and small, cluster based furniture manufacturing firms and their implications for poverty reduction in Tanzania

    Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2012
    Micro, small, and medium manufacturing enterprises (MSMEs) offer good examples of firm clustering and incipient entry points for industrial development in Tanzania. This study analyses the growth of cluster-based, micro and small furniture-manufacturing firms located in the Keko, Buguruni-Malapa, and Mbezi Beach kwa Komba industrial clusters.
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    Economic profiling of the creative industries: a desk review

    Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, 2013
    The UN’s Creative Economy Report 2010 notes the increasing acceptance of the role of the creative economy as a leading sector in generating economic growth, employment and trade, and that creative industries are among the most dynamic sectors of the world economy–offering new, high growth opportunities for developing countries.
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    The birth death and survival of exports in Zambia 1999-2011

    Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, 2013
    This paper deals with the dynamics of Zambia’s export performance, analyzing the birth, death and persistence of exporting in various products and destinations. The authors use a framework that has recently proliferated in international trade to decompose the growth of Zambia’s exports into an “intensive” and “extensive” margin.
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    Democratising trade politics in the Americas: insights from the women's, environmental and labour movements

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    This paper explores the extent to which and the ways in which civil society groups are contributing to the democratisation of trade policy and politics in the Americas. It explores the strategies adopted by a range of NGOs and social movements to influence the decision-making processes and the content of the trade agenda.
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    Energy, jobs and skills: a rapid assessment of potential in Mtwara, Tanzania

    Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2009
    Energy development in Mtwara is a fundamental part of the overall national energy strategy which is based on the desire to move away from hydro-dependent power sources, and the opportunity to achieve this through the development of natural gas for energy development. Therefore, for the purpose of this study, energy focuses specifically on electricity and natural gas.
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    Global crisis, environmental volatility and expansion of the Indian leather industry

    Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2010
    The leather industry occupies a place of prominence in the Indian economy in view of its massive potential for employment, growth and exports. However, the on-going global economic slowdown and the wide erratic behaviour of the overall weather condition particularly in the Europe pose both threat (of market loss) and opportunity (to gain some unanticipated demand in the market) before it.

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