Search

Reset

Searching with a thematic focus on Trade Policy

Showing 411-420 of 3822 results

Pages

  • Document

    India's FTAs with East and SE Asia: impact of India-Malaysia CECA on the edible oil value chain

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper formulates an analytical framework to assess the impacts of India's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on commodity value chains. Existing academic literature have relied on examining Balance of Payments (BoP) to assess the impact of FTAs. The paper views such methodology as reductionist, and instead others alternative lenses of the impacts on the commodity value chain.
  • Document

    Sectoral shifts, diversification, regional unemployment on the eve of revolution in Tunisia: a sequential spatial panel approach

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper investigates how sectoral shifts and industry specialisation patterns have influenced Tunisian labour market performance in the recent past years.
  • Document

    Co-operation in the South Atlantic Zone: amplifying the African agenda

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    South Africa’s foreign policy prioritises peaceful and sustainable growth in Africa by maximising its external engagements in increasingly strategic ways.
  • Document

    Women entrepreneurs – key players in ACP agribusiness development

    Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2015
    Research has found strong reasons to emphasise women’s economic empowerment in developing programs: firstly, economic empowerment is one of the most powerful routes for women to achieve their potential and advance their rights; secondly, since women make up the majority of the world’s poor, meeting poverty-reduction goals requires addressing women and their economic empowerment; thirdly, discri
  • Document

    Do telecom restrictive policies matter for telecom performance? Evidence from MENA countries

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    The past decade has witnessed a significant transformation in the trade and regulatory policies of the telecom sector across the MENA region. Many countries committed to opening up their telecom sector to trade and investment under WTO commitments. However, these commitments do not always reflect actual policies.
  • Document

    Financial vulnerability and export dynamics

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This study documents the implications of financial vulnerability for export diversification in developing economies. Financial crises, by increasing the incidence of sunk costs of entry into exporting, reduce firm export dynamics. Financially vulnerable exporters are not able to fully realise economies of scale in production and have little access to more sophisticated technologies.
  • Document

    Towards 'Make in South Asia': Evolving regional values chains

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    One of the most important ways in which several of the common developmental challenges in South Asia could be addressed is by focusing on manufacturing. In the new context, manufacturing becomes key to creating Regional Value Chains (RVCs) in South Asia along with its potential to serve as the engine of growth.
  • Document

    From the Cape to Cairo? The potential of the Tripartite Free Trade Area

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    In October 2008, the 26 member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and SADC declared a desire to form a joint customs union, known as the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA). They later agreed on a road map, which sets the framework for harmonising what has been achieved at the level of these three subregional communities.
  • Document

    Gridlocked: a long-term look at South Africa’s electricity sector

    Institute for Security Studies, 2015
    Electricity generation in South Africa is changing, but whether the electricity grid will be able to adapt to these changes is uncertain. This paper presents an alternative frame for the current electricity challenges by focusing on the electricity grid.
  • Document

    The advanced medium combat aircraft: a technical analysis

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    The Indian Air Force's global tender to buy 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) has been cancelled and instead, a limited purchase of 36 Dassault Rafales is being negotiated without the transfer of technology and local production envisaged in the original tender.

Pages