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Foreign direct investment, macroeconomic instability and economic growth in MENA countries
(2008-08)
This paper aims at analyzing the possible influence of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in the particular case of Middle East and North African countries (MENA). During the last years,
the relation between ...
The effect of mode 4 liberalization on illegal immigration
(2007-02)
This paper aims to assess the impacts of the temporary movement of workers on the illegal immigration. It uses a discrete time, forward-looking model with heterogeneous agents, in order to describe the decision made by ...
Economic and welfare impacts of the EU-Africa economic partnership agreements
(2005-03)
Th e Cotonou Partnership Agreement (CPA) between the European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacifi c (ACP) countries is expected to succeed the expired Lomé Agreement. It envisages the signing of Economic Partnership ...
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 ...
Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Tunisia: macro-simulation in a general equilibrium framework
(2007-09)
Regarding trade cooperation, there was a need for the ACP-EU arrangements to be compatible with
the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) rules. Indeed, the ACP-EU non-reciprocal preferential trade
arrangement departs from ...
DIVA, A CGE model for the study of African diversification
(2007-02)
Since their adoption by the Millennium Summit in September 2000, the Millennium
Development Goals (MDG) have constituted the new framework of policy formulation and
development strategies. The adoption of the MDGs has ...
Private sector participation in the provision of basic infrastructure
(2007-06)
Private sector participation in infrastructure has become more common in the last 15 years or so. Initially,
the expansion of private sector involvement was driven by constrained budgets and concerns about
efficient ...
Towards the African template for economic partnership agreements : Explanation and Recommendations
(2008-11)
This effort towards an African EPA template is meant and designed to assist the African Union member states in their negotiation of economic partnership agreements with the European Commission. It is produced as requested ...
Assessing the consequences of the economic partnership agreement on the Rwandan economy
(2005-03)
This paper quantifi es the potential economic and welfare impacts of the Economic Partnership Agreement currently being negotiated between the European Union and the ACP countries, on the Rwandan economy. The paper analyses ...
Foreign direct investment in Africa : performance, challenges and responsibilities
(2005-09)
This paper examines the performance, promotion, and prospects for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. Factors such as political and macroeconomic instability, low growth, weak infrastructure, poor
governance, ...