trade relations, and the consequent process of convergence and divergence that is the context that. It is still assessing … the flow of trade between the countries of the bloc. …

This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has …-equilibrium models. Unfortunately, the competitive model of trade does not appear to account for observed and anticipated trade flows …. This is consistent with findings in the commodity trade literature that, although markets may behave in a rational economic …

costs of domestic maize trade in Malawi. The evidence indicates that markets are particularly well integrated during food … during food shortages that make trade economically unattractive. Market integration develops markedly different between … regions and districts: various districts in the south show signs of barriers to trade while districts in the north suffer from …

-the-board declines, entailed increases in tariffs that are proving detrimental to international trade and thereby affecting the Spanish … risks underscore the role of the EU in promoting international trade agreements, such as those recently entered into with …

countries, using a unique dataset. Evidence for potential integration between financial markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is … reform and harmonisation will be necessary for this to succeed. © 2005 Economic Society of South Africa. …

Africa. By overcoming the difficulties in obtaining trade finance, African SMEs will be able to expand into foreign markets … institutions to grant credit. Obtaining trade finance has become a major hindrance to SME internationalisation, especially in ….The purpose of this study is to determine how African SMEs can overcome trade finance barriers to internationalisation. SMEs can …

The increasing casualisation of labour forces trade unions globally to deal with a growing number of unprotected and … themselves with Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), thereby strengthening the socio-political representation of the informal …

in Africa. VariousAfrican countries experienced development by using more mobile phones. Finally, attentionis given to … Africa. This scarce resource is noteffectively allocated for the following reasons: the allocation between government …. Thiswastage, against the background of studies in Africa regarding mobile phones and GDP, will accordingly reduce the potential …