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Gender dimensions of cross border trade in the East African community : Kenya/Uganda and Rwanda/Burundi border
(2009-10)
The main finding of the study is that informal cross border women traders across the region do not use available formal systems/structures for most of their transactions. This makes it difficult for regional trade policy ...
Interim economic partnership agreements point to the classic regional trade agreements after all : should African countries really be worried
(2009-04)
In a departure from some previous studies on the EPAs negotiations that have focused on economic
analysis; this paper starts from the premise that for the EU, the EPAs are international trade policy tools
in the same ...
Mineral Exploitation, Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Development in EAC, SADC and ECOWAS Regions
(2009)
Africa is endowed with almost all the minerals in the world today, accounting for about 59 per cent of the world’s platinum; 62 per cent of its aluminium silicate; more than 50 per cent of all vanadiumites and vermiculites; ...
A bird cannot fly with just one wing : towards a gender-balanced trading system
(2009-03)
Although we know that women are the majority of the poor and low skilled workers, there is very little
known on the impact of trade liberalization on them, partly because of lack of gender-disaggregated
data in trade ...
The reality of aid for trade in Africa : does supply meet demand?
(2009-11)
There is a great deal of data about how trade and aid for trade efforts affect the developing world. The OECD, who makes it available for donors, recipient countries and researchers all over the world, holds a great deal ...