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Are Trade Preferences a Panacea? : The African Growth and Opportunity Act and African Exports
Fernandes, Ana M. - 2019
three late-bloomers in East Africa offsetting the boom-bust pattern in Southern Africa and the never-significant response in … Central and Western Africa. Firm-level customs data for selected countries reveal that even in East Africa, the recent export …
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Small African Economies in a More Uncertain Global Trade Environment : The Potential Impact of Post-Agoa Scenarios for Lesotho
Maliszewska, Maryla - 2019
This paper provides a forward-looking view of trade and its relevance for Lesotho?s medium- and long-term development. It does this through computable general equilibrium analysis of potential impacts based on specific trade-related scenarios. The scenarios include the potential loss of American...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012869822
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Will the Euro Create a Bonanza for Africa?
Cohen, Daniel - 2017
In considering how the euro will affect Sub-Saharan Africa, the authors examine the transmission channels through which …-Saharan Africa mainly exports - an increase in activity in Europe is considered to have a marginal impact on Africa. Exchange rate … flows to Sub-Saharan Africa can be affected through portfolio shifts or through changes in foreign direct investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971216
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Global Experiences with Special Economic Zones : Focus on China and Africa
Zeng, Douglas Zhihua - 2017
This study briefly summarizes the development experiences of special economic zones in China and Africa, the lessons … that Africa can learn from China, and the preliminary results of the Chinese investments in special economic zones in … Africa. The study makes recommendations on how to unleash the power of special economic zones and industrial zones in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971883
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Revisiting the Trade Impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act : A Synthetic Control Approach
Kassa, Woubet - 2019
This study examines the impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act using the synthetic control method, a quasi-experimental approach. The novelty in the approach is that it addresses problems of estimation that are prevalent in nonexperimental methods used to analyze the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864367
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Scenarios : Leapfrog, Lock-In, and Lopsided
Leifman, Michael Meir - 2019
This paper presents the details of three scenarios -- leapfrog, lock-in, and lopsided -- that describe an illustrative set of technological states. Based largely on expert interviews, the paper argues that the technology outcomes are heavily attributable to the actions (or in some cases,...
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Greening Global Value Chains : Innovation and the International Diffusion of Technologies and Knowledge
Glachant, Matthieu - 2017
Using novel data on patents, trade of equipment goods, and foreign direct investments and insights from the economic literature, the paper seeks to lay out the state of knowledge on the role of innovation and the diffusion of technologies in the greening of global value chains as well as some of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974291
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Innovative and Absorptive Capacity of International Knowledge : An Empirical Analysis of Productivity Sources in Latin American Countries
Castillo, Leopoldo Laborda - 2017
This paper examines two sources of global knowledge spillovers: foreign direct investments and trade. Empirical evidence demonstrates that foreign direct investment and trade can contribute to overall domestic productivity growth only when the technology gap between domestic and foreign firms is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975524
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North-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion : Virtuous Growth Cycles in Latin America
Schiff, Maurice - 2017
This paper examines the impact on total factor productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and in other developing countries of trade-related technology diffusion from the North) (denoted by NRD), education, and governance, research and development The NRD value for a developing...
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Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia : Have They Increased the Demand for Skills?
Almeida, Rita - 2017
This paper examines whether the increased openness and technological innovation in East Asia have contributed to an increased demand for skills in the region. The author explores a unique firm level data set across eight countries in Asia and the Pacific region. The results strongly support the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976589