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Kosovo growth dynamics are encouraging but the level of economic activity is very low. Mass unemployment hints at macro-imbalances. Net transfers from migrants are pivotal for covering the huge trade balance deficit, as manufacturing exports are almost non-existent. Wages are low but increasing...
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The European Commission has set a target date of 2025 for Western Balkan EU accession, while also outlining a broader new strategy which includes Brussels taking a more active role in solving political disputes in the region, and upgrading infrastructure as part of the Berlin Process. We welcome...
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Abstract The East Asian countries have achieved a spectacular average rate of economic growth over the last 30 to 40 years, with very substantial diversification and economic development. Korea, for example, managed to transform itself from being a largely agricultural society in 1960 to the...
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Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become common across Southern Africa in the past 20 years. In line with experiences … Southern Africa, by contrast, it has proved unable to offset the main constraints on investment. These centre on deep … developed in very different circumstances are viable in Southern Africa. The paper suggests that such a methodology must start …
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Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become common across Southern Africa in the past 20 years. In line with experiences … Southern Africa, by contrast, it has proved unable to offset the main constraints on investment. These centre on deep … developed in very different circumstances are viable in Southern Africa. The paper suggests that such a methodology must start …
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examines the nascent movement in Africa. The study identifies a fundamental tension between the objectives of Indigenous data …
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Recent political transformations in Arab countries suggest that solutions have to be found for the problem of lacking economic prospects and particularly of high youth unemployment. Such solutions have to consist of economic growth that unfolds widespread employment effects. A tourism policy...
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Whereas the impact of Brexit on Anglophone Africa was a major issue in the controversial British discussions on the … pros and cons of Brexit, possible repercussions on French-speaking Africa have been rarely mentioned up to now. Yet, the … range of possible Brexit effect is impressive, including the revival of progressive social networks in Francophone Africa …
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-Brexit relationships between Britain, the EU, and Africa: market access, foreign direct investment (FDI), aid, security, and the nature of … questionable whether London could offer something new that other global players with increasing interest in Africa, such as China …
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