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South Africa’s way ahead: shall we samba?
Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2010This publication examines the trading implications of extending the current preferential trading agreement (PTA) between the Southern African Custom Union (SACU) and MERCOSUR to a full free trade agreement (FTA).DocumentConstraints to Economic Growth in Malawi
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2009This paper applies a growth diagnostics approach to identify the most binding constraints to private-sector growth in Malawi. The authors find that growth in Malawi has been primarily driven by the domestic multiplier effect from export revenues.DocumentFeminised recession: impact of the global financial crisis on women workers in the Philippines
Oxfam, 2010In the Philippines, the financial crisis has been particularly hard on the low income classes to which many unskilled, mainly women workers in the semiconductor and electronics, and textile and garment industries belong.DocumentPolicy responses to the global financial crisis
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009This document comprises of a set of briefs which discuss policy responses to the financial crisis. They came out of rapid research projects from the UK Institute of Development Studies for publication to coincide with the London G20 summit in April 2009. The ten short papers are outlined below:DocumentSupermarkets and the poor in Vietnam
Making markets work better for the poor, 2006The number of supermarkets in Vietnam is increasing due to government incentives, increased urbanisation and growing purchasing power. However, for price and access reasons, street vending remains the dominant retail mode. Poor consumers also often reject shopping at supermarkets because of freshness concerns. For many, supermarkets serve as pure entertainment.DocumentThe internationalisation of production, international outsourcing and employment in the OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007This paper reviews some of the possible changes that may occur in the national labour markets of many OECD countries as a result of international trade and the internationalisation of production by multinational companies. It focuses on the impact outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from OECD countries has on employment in the home country of the investing firms.OrganisationUnited Nations Policy Notes for National Development Strategies
The outcome document of the 2005 United Nations World Summit called on countries to prepare national development strategies, taking into account the international development goals agreed in the varioDocumentUnited Nations Policy Notes for National Development Strategies
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2007The outcome document of the 2005 United Nations World Summit called on countries to prepare national development strategies, taking into account the international development goals agreed in the various United Nations Summits and Conferences of the past two decades.DocumentGrowth strategies and conditions for pro-poor growth: Uganda’s experience
Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2005This paper provides an overview of the broad economic strategies Uganda has implemented since independence in 1962. The authors conclude that the Ugandan experience demonstrates the vital importance of macroeconomic stability in promoting investments, factor productivity, domestic revenue and exports.DocumentChina: toward a consumption-driven growth path
Institute for International Economics, USA, 2006This policy brief discusses China’s decision to transition away from growth driven by investment and a growing global trade surplus toward one more dependent on domestic consumption is laudable.The brief argues that to date China’s initiatives have been too modest to change its underlying growth path.Pages