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In 2005 China provided duty-free access to 190 items from 25 least developed sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Three … years later duty-free access was extended to 454 items from 31 SSA LDCs. We find no evidence that China's preferential …
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Africa and the rest of the world, to assess the claims that it will be mostly large firms that benefit from trade …
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against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for …, in Sub-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure … Africa (PIDA). Its success foreshadows an economic transformation that will potentially usher in an emergent Africa in the 21 …
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This exploratory study examines the export potential of the East African Community (EAC) within the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the impending COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA). The research aims to determine the EAC's export potential, identify key...
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There is a stark contrast between the ambitious investment promotion efforts of many least developed countries (LDCs) and their often minimal commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Service (GATS). At a time of urgent need to address domestic infrastructure and investment gaps, this...
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scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435379
There is a stark contrast between the ambitious investment promotion efforts of many least developed countries (LDCs) and their often minimal commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Service (GATS). At a time of urgent need to address domestic infrastructure and investment gaps, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115056
scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115722
The paper offers a novel explanation for China's manufacturing exports performance after WTO entry. Building on … conjunction with China's WTO accession, and examines its effect on China's exports to the EU. The results reveal that: (i) the … structure of China's export boom to the EU conforms to the pattern of US tariff uncertainty; (ii) the adjustment takes place at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011616220
In 2005 China provided duty-free access to 190 items from 25 least developed sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Three … years later duty-free access was extended to 454 items from 31 SSA LDCs. We find no evidence that China's preferential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333282