ILO pub. Article examining the effect of economic dependence on poverty alleviation and basic needs satisfaction in Zambia - briefly reviews historical development under colonialism and trends after independence in 1964 (notably in the agricultural sector, industrial sector and trade), and...

This dissertation examines the links between international trade and economic development through the lens of export growth at the extensive margin. By extensive margin growth is meant either trade in previously untraded products, or trade in existing products between new country pairs. The...

En matière de sécurité sanitaire, les règles qui gouvernent la production et le commerce des aliments sont de plus en plus contraignantes. Dans le cas des pesticides utilisés en agriculture, leurs effets potentiellement négatifs sur la santé a conduit le législateur à réglementer la...

L'économie algérienne est fortement dépendante, avec un commerce extérieur orienté principalement vers l'exportation des hydrocarbures. La perspective d'épuisement d'une telle ressource non renouvelable mène les économistes et les dirigeants à s'interroger sur l'avenir de cette...

MAcMap-HS6 est une base qui fournit une mesure cohérente de l’équivalent ad valorem des droits de douane et des contingents tarifaires pour 163 pays et 208 partenaires, au niveau à six chiffres du Système Harmonisé (5,111 produits), en tenant compte de tous les accords préférentiels...

There are few empirical studies assessing the effectiveness of aid for trade as regards trade performance. Furthermore, existing work does not test which are the channels through which aid for trade has an impact on trade performance. We address this question using a two-step empirical analysis....

It has only been a few years since the private standard GlobalGap has been introduced in the Malagasy lychee value chain. Since the year 2005, under pressure from some European importers, many exporters have chosen to intensify relations with small-scale farmers and have assisted them in...

In the empirical literature it has been demonstrated that trade can be a powerful engine to enhance economic development and poverty reduction. But international market participation is a multidimensional concept that can be apprehended through different outputs: a greater openness to trade, an...

This paper questions whether the overseas expansion of a country’s retailers fosters overall bilateral exports towards these host markets. To address this question, we consider an empirical trade model, where the foreign sales of multinational retailers reduce the fixed and variable trade...

This paper questions whether the overseas expansion of a country’s retailers fosters overall bilateral exports towards these host markets. To address this question, we consider an empirical trade model, where the foreign sales of multinational retailers reduce the fixed and variable trade...