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 ...

This paper argues that Africa did not benefit much from the Hong Kong World Trade Organization(WTO) ministerial meeting. After recalling Africa’s concerns and priorities in the Doha Round and critically looking at some of ...

L’objectif de cette étude est, à travers une récente revue de la littérature, de mettre l’accent sur les enjeux et les conséquences du débat sur les formules concernant l’accès aux marchés des produits agricoles et non ...

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 ...

The multilateral trading system embodied in the World Trade Organization has contributed significantly to economic growth, development and employment throughout the past fifty years, particularly in the light of the global ...

Many developing countries face supply-side constraints that severely limit their ability to benefit from the multilateral trading system. The situation of landlocked developing countries is of particular concern. Lack of ...

January 1, 2007 marks the eleventh anniversary of the Tunisia-E.U. Free Trade Agreement (FTA). In its short life, this agreement has instigated major changes in the Tunisian economy and has significant consequences on ...

The Almaty Programme of Action (APoA) was adopted in August 2003 to address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and to establish a new global framework for action for developing efficient transit transport ...

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 ...

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 ...