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Using regional value chains as an export diversification strategy: The case of WAEMU countries

12 July 2021

Recent trends in GDP growth in Africa reveal that despite sustained growth over a long period of time, there has been no significant decline in poverty or increase in employment. In most African countries, the decline in agricultural activity has not been ...

Using regional value chains as an export diversification strategy: The case of WAEMU countries

12 July 2021

Recent trends in GDP growth in Africa reveal that despite sustained growth over a long period of time, there has been no significant decline in poverty or increase in employment. In most African countries, the decline in agricultural activity has not been ...

Supporting small informal businesses to improve the quality of jobs in Africa

9 July 2021

This short article on small informal businesses and improving the quality of jobs was published by Brookings. Yes Supporting small informal businesses to improve the quality of jobs in Africa.pdf Download 8 October 2019 Trade topics: MSMEs, Job Quality, ...

Local institutions can mitigate climate-related conflict in the Sahel

9 July 2021

This brief article explores six overarching themes on the triumphs of the past years as well as strategies to tackle the remaining obstacles for Africa in relation to climate related conflict in the Sahel. Yes Local institutions can mitigate climate-relat ...

Africa's climate crisis, conflict, and migration challenges

9 July 2021

Links between the climate crisis and migration are intensifying in West Africa, where many people work in sectors vulnerable to climate-related extremes of weather and sea level rise. As climate change intensifies, it is threatening livelihoods, which fue ...

The effects of Nigeria's closed borders on informal trade with Benin

9 July 2021

Nigeria’s recent announcement confirming that it is closing its borders to prevent movement of all goods has been met with harsh criticism from neighbors and regional integration advocates. The Buhari administration has justified the decision as a tactic ...

Job creation for youth in Africa: Assessing the potential of industries without smokestacks

9 July 2021

In several African countries, employment growth has not followed the robust economic growth of recent years. A premature leveling-off of manufacturing and a weak structural transformation dynamic are confining African economies to low-productivity sectors ...

Trade in Intermediates and Agro-Food Value Chain Integration: The Case of the Arab Region

24 June 2021

Arab intra-regional trade in agro-food accounts for more than half of the total Arab agro-food trade, displaying strong “trade-intensity” over the past decade. This indicates the potential of developing agro-food regional production networks aligning with ...

The Impact of Free Trade Agreements on the Productivity and Exporting Capability of Omani Manufacturing Companies

24 June 2021

in literature, the findings of this study will provide a research based evidence ... researchers, as well as fostering collaboration between the Humanities Research ...

The role of trade facilitation and non- tariff barriers in the context of increasing regional integration: The case of Oman and the Indian Ocean

24 June 2021

the intra-trade performance gap. The overall objective of this research project ...

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