The COVID-19 pandemic exposed global digital inequalities that produce real economic and social consequences. It underscored the crucial role of knowledge assets and services to the functioning of global value chains, and the embeddedness of…
DEFI Unit with the WTO Chair at ESSECT University of Tunis in Tunisia organize on a frequent basis seminars, panels and round tables on various economic topics where senior and junior researchers as well as policy makers present. Follow our…
OBJECTIFS DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE ODD 10 : INÉGALITÉS RÉDUITES ODD 8 : TRAVAIL DÉCENT ET CROISSANCE ÉCONOMIQUE VOIR PLUS PARTAGER : Une équipe constituée de deux UMR IRD (Développement et sociétés et LEDA) et une…
This was the fourth Webinar organized by the Econ4Tunisia initiative on Friday, May 1, 2020 from 8:30pm to 10:00pm. The debate on the Covid crisis brought together, around the presentation of the World Bank Transparency Report for the MENA region…
Guedidi I., Baghdadi L., Martinez-Zarzoso I., "Trade facilitation and participation in global value chains", in progress, presented on January 21st, 2021 at the Trade Policy Research Forum…
As COVID-19 wreaked havoc on global trade, Martin Cameron (Managing Director of Trade Research Advisory, a spin-out company of the North-West University) and Prof Wilma Viviers (Research professor) in the TRADE (Trade and Development) research…
Within a few short weeks, the coronavirus (Covid-19) has spread across the world and become a global phenomenon. All countries are deeply concerned about it and all countries will almost certainly be seriously affected by it, with some…
This presentation looks at the current state of play in trade facilitation as well as a look at how COVID-19 has impacted on movement of goods in and out of the country during the pandemic.
The forty-first UNCTAD regional course on key issues on the international economic agenda organized by the University of Nairobi, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya. Covered the following topics: …
The paper describes how the Kenya Government facilitates SMES owned by Women, Youth and Persons with disabilities to trade with Government owned enterprises. The paper describes the process of acquiring the certificates, how to fill the tendering…