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The Short and Longer Term Potential Welfare Impact of Global Commodity Inflation in Tanzania
Dessus, Sebastien - 2016
Tanzania and possible tax policy responses in the short, medium, and long term. The results suggest that global commodity … households in the medium to long run. In comparison with nonpoor households, poor households in Tanzania may be relatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747137
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Cross-Border Electricity Cooperation in South Asia
Singh, Anoop - 2017
South Asian countries, facing challenges in efficiently meeting growing electricity demand, can benefit from increased cross-border electricity cooperation and trade by harnessing complementarities in electricity demand patterns, diversity in resource endowments for power generation, and gains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971531
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892365
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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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Jobs in Global Value Chains : New Evidence for Four African Countries in International Perspective
Pahl, Stefan - 2019
What is the potential for job growth in Africa under participation in global value chains (GVCs)? In this study the …, Senegal and South Africa, compared to developments in some other low- and middle-income countries in the world. The four …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865385
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Services Globalization in an Age of Insecurity : Rethinking Trade Cooperation
Mattoo, Aaditya - 2018
Decades of services trade negotiations have produced a plethora of rules and commitments but limited real liberalization. One reason is a form of "negotiating tunnel vision," which has led to a focus on reciprocal market opening rather than on creating the regulatory preconditions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911376
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China, India, and the Future of the World Economy : Fierce Competition or Shared Growth?
Dimaranan, Betina - 2016
Although both China and India are labor-abundant and dependant on manufactures, their export mixes are very different. Only one product-refined petroleum-appears in the top 25 products for both countries, and services exports are roughly twice as important for India as for China, which is much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747660