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Food price spikes and poor, small economies: What role for trade policies?
2015Upward spikes in international food prices lead some food-surplus countries to raise export barriers and some food-deficit countries to lower their import restrictions on staple foods – and conversely when prices slump. When many countries so respond, their actions in aggregate exacerbate the international price spike, making adjustment even more difficult for other countries.DocumentA rapid desk study: Afghanistan – current status and future prospects for the construction sector
Evidence on Demand, 2014The construction sector in Afghanistan has been one of the main beneficiaries of the huge investment made on civilian and military projects in the last decade by the international community. During this period, many military bases were constructed, thousands of kilometres of roads have been constructed and rehabilitated, numbers of schools and healthDocumentHigh volume transport: rapid assessment of research gaps in port operations and technical aspects
Evidence on Demand, 2014This report documents a rapid desk-based study on research gaps in port engineering, operations and related technical aspects for ports of high-volume operations in Low Income Countries (LICs). The study highlights that there are 20 main challenges faced by the industry today, including:DocumentMeasuring environmental action and economic performance in developing countries
Green Growth Knowledge Platform, 2015This study reviews the existing body of work on the impact of environmental policies on economic performance in both developed, and, where available, developing countries.DocumentEstimating the income counterfactual for oil producing countries of the MENA region
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015How much richer would oil producing countries in the Middle East be if they invested all their natural resource rents? This study tries to answer this question by calculating the counterfactuals of capital stock and income under two major scenarios.DocumentExperts Directory - Africa
Africa Portal, 2015Contact list and details of specialism of African consultants, policy makers, academics etc.OrganisationAfrica Portal
The Africa Portal is an online resource that seeks to broaden the availability, accessibility and use of policy research on issues critical to the future of Africa.DocumentEffects of institutions and natural resources in a multiple growth regime
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015Dependence on natural resourcea is currently the object of a wide debate in the analysis of economic growth in rentier states. In this work, the authors examine the interaction effect between oil resources dependence and the quality of institutions on economic growth by employing a panel threshold regression methodology.DocumentThe Fifth Ministerial Conference Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Action Plan (2013-2015)
Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, 2013Documention from The 5th Ministerial Conference on China-Africa Cooperation.OrganisationForum on China-Africa Cooperation
FOCAC is a multilateral network set up to assist cooperation between China and African countries, and covers various aspects of politics, trade, economy, society and culture.Pages