Ethiopia is currently involved in a number of international trade negotiations which will have a far-reaching impact on the Ethiopian economy. Negotiations take place both at the multilateral level (Ethiopia's accession to the World Trade Organisation) and inter-regionally (Economic Partnership...

The establishment of a Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) which would combine the members of three existing regional economic communities, i.e. the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), was...

Developing country members of the WTO benefit from special and differential treatment, a flexible application of WTO principles and rules according to their developmental needs and capacities. However, there has been widespread criticism that special and differential treatment is not granted to...

When the World Trade Organization (WTO) was established in 1995, it had less than 130 members. Since then membership has expanded to 159 as a result of 31 completed accessions. Of these, only six were least developed countries (LDCs). Another 24 countries are currently at various stages of the...

The paper is based on assessment from April 2020 intended to forecast the potential economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the coffee sector in the EAC countries, by reviewing effects on global demand for EAC coffee, effects on coffee production in EAC countries, and effects of bringing EAC...

Applying various indicators, this paper estimates the need for minimum wage reform in South America as seen by the neoclassic paradigm. In addition, an inventory of minimum wage reforms is prepared and compared with the need for reforms. The first result of the paper shows that, with the...