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What role does China play in Africa''s development? What drives China''s increasing economic involvement in the … continent? This paper attempts to provide a quantified assessment of China''s multifaceted influence as market, donor, financer … government policies, markets for each other''s exports, Africa''s demand for infrastructure, and differences in China''s approach …
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Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did … (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly concerned that China’s competition in the world goods and capital … markets may adversely affect their own growth prospects. This paper examines the implications of China’s WTO accession for …
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The main objective of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) is to stimulate economic growth in participating countries through increased trade, economies of scale, knowledge and technology transfer. Using a panel data over the period 1979 to 2018, this paper examines the contribution of regional...
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This paper analyzes the appropriate sequencing between accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the implementation of the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) customs union and whether the latter facilitates or delays WTO accession for some member countries of the Commonwealth of...
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identifies areas of public expenditure policy that interact with the environment. It argues that a reform of certain types of … tend to benefit the environment, thereby moving an economy towards ‘sustainable’ development …
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The paper seeks to provide an overview of the present state of debate on trade, environment and the GATT for developing … of direct and indirect effects on trade and environment and the GATT debate on it …
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effect of trade integreation on the environment is conditional on the degree of political uncertainty. Trade integration …
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The financial crisis, originated from the collapse of US housing markets in 2008, reverberates around the world. Its destructive force was felt nowhere more keenly than Western Europe. Indeed, it continues to mire in financial volatility as the debt problem contagiously spreads around the...
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We present a novel and comprehensive dataset of bilateral gross and net external positions in various financial instruments for the main advanced and emerging economies and regions, designed to improve our understanding of cross-border financial linkages. The data show no strong correspondence...
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Regional integration has been seen in Africa as a means of encouraging trade and securing economies of scale. This paper examines in detail the prospects and challenges for trade expansion in the two most prominent arrangements in eastern and southern Africa: the Common Market for Eastern and...
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