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the region has been quite poor if South Africa is excluded. Intra-regional trade is dominated by South Africa's exports to …Regional integration in Africa is underway but ongoing progress requires that the gains are widely spread. South Africa …'s huge regional trade surplus in manufactured goods is already leading to protectionist pressures in neighbouring countries …
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South African, firms across the region. We examine the developments in the value chain across countries in southern Africa …, paying attention to production and trade in poultry meat and its main inputs. We also consider the regional nature of the … southern Africa given their ability to make co-ordinated investments at different levels and to realize the competitive …
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across geographical regions, with a difference in Sub-Saharan Africa, where international trade causes an increase in the …How does international trade affect structural transformation in developing countries? We use data on sectoral …
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global South. It is split into two parts: a first section reviews the effect of diaspora networks on trade, foreign …
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towards meeting overly ambitious objectives; (ii) small changes in the destination of trade across all Regional Economic … Communities, indicative of persistent high trade costs and few new manufactures products destined for geographically close markets … high number of provisions not covered in Word Trade Organization negotiations, but these have low legal enforceability …
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African countries have sought to replicate the success of East Asia by implementing special economic zones. Despite decades of international experience, there remains no blueprint for successful special economic zone policies, and the majority of special economic zones fall well below...
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helping developing countries trade and grow. For researchers, the good news is that there is plenty of room for progress, with …
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exports to the United States. This trade reducing effect is driven by developing countries and by refusals without any product … does not prove) the existence of counter-cyclical, hidden protectionism due to non-tariff barriers to trade in the United …
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countries while simultaneously decreasing the likelihood of severe precipitation deficits in Tanzania. Trade restrictions, like …
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The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of … America would be the largest preferential trade agreement in the world. Encompassing almost half of world GDP, it will have … strong economic effects on Germany. In this paper, we put this trade policy initiative in its broader perspective. We argue …
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