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the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed … global players for Africa's resources is resulting in windfall profits for Africa. The latter is leading to a revival of … Africa's power elite, but not necessarily for Africa's poor. -- economic integration ; trade policy ; aid ; international …
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During the final years of the Multifiber Agreement the US imposed strict import quotas on Chinese apparel while it gave African apparel duty- and quota-free access. The combination of these policies led to a rapid but ephemeral rise of African exports. In this paper we argue that the African...
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Special economic zones (SEZs) have been touted as “tools for development”, and yet their results have often been disappointing. We explain how SEZs can be used to reform a country from a system dominated by rent-seeking to a liberalized economy, where officials derive their revenues from...
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A trade war occurs if a country reacts against the other by increasing import tariffs or employing some other constraints on the rival country’s imports. A tariff usually is termed as a charge or levy obligated on the import of goods into a country. In a global context, a trade war could be...
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