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Existing South African work on firm-level data has been limited by access to large datasets that track firms over time. This paper overcomes this by analysing a new dataset of the population of manufacturing firms that are matched to their export transactions. South African firm-level exporting...
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The ethnographic approach has much to contribute to our understanding of social mobility. This paper provides a discussion on ethnography as a method and approach to writing and description, and reviews some ways in which themes related to social mobility in the developing world have been...
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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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, paying attention to production and trade in poultry meat and its main inputs. We also consider the regional nature of the …
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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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