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escalation facing Africa, improvements in the productivity of agricultural processing, and reductions in trade barriers within … Africa and beyond would all further stimulate exports of processed agriculture. While essential, expansion of these exports …
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India's policy responses to the food price crisis were strong. Exports of basic staples were banned. Domestic support prices of wheat and rice were raised substantially. The urea price increases in global markets were absorbed through enhanced fertilizer subsidies. The government launched the...
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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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trade. We use linear methods to estimate elasticities without growth factors. We then employ a non-linear system of …
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international markets and the corporate social responsibility activities of firms, with the exception of trade with China. Results …
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This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … over 30 years (1980 to 2010). As there is no clear theoretical relationship between trade (exports) and inequality, and as … of trade (exports) on growth. The findings are that in general trade openness advances growth while inequality reduces …
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We investigate the effect of economic sanctions on trade flows in countries sharing a border with the sanctioned state …. On the one hand, trade models suggest that trade flows should decrease as sanctions disrupt trading routes and economic … ties with suppliers and customers. On the other hand, countries can circumvent trade restrictions by clandestinely …
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We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Kenya's foreign trade using quarterly trade data for the period 2019 … regional trade integration, is bound to boost exports and enhance resilience. …
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outside of the formal economy. This paper investigates whether the impact of increased exposure to trade on formal employment …
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-resource tax effort by exploiting the so-called 'China shock'. Since its 2001 accession to the World Trade Organization, China …'s non-renewable resource trade has driven up commodity prices, raising resource revenues among exporting countries …-resource trade model might be easing binding constraints to expanding the non-resource sector and presenting an opportunity to …
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