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Gender Mainstreaming in Preferential Trade Agreements: An examination of the Evolution of gender Dynamics in International Trade
Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) have evolved from being primarily concerned with trade issues to addressing non-trade issues. Apart from focusing on issues like trade in goods, services, and intellectual property-related issues, modern PTAs,…
The impact of foreign direct investment on Namibia’s economic growth: A time series investigation
AbstractThe current study investigates the impact of foreign direct investment on the growth of Namibia’s economy from 1990 to 2020 using the ARDL cointegration method. The results reveal that FDI, the interactive variable of FDI and trade openness…
Comercio con Enfoque de Género
Que las personas, sin importar su identidad de género, puedan beneficiarse en igualdad de condiciones del comercio es un presupuesto necesario para el desarrollo sostenible y progresivo de un país. Por eso, en este documento se presenta el panorama…
Investment, Exchange Rate and Exports Nexus in South Africa’s Automotive Industry
The automotive industry is one of the South African industries that contribute to the manufacturing output and exports and plays important to the country’s economic performance. However, the export volume from this industry depends on various…
Making Trade Agreements Work for Women Empowerment: How Does It Help, What Has Been Done, and What Remains Undone?
Bahri, A. (2021). Making Trade Agreements Work for Women Empowerment:. Latin American Journal of Trade Policy, 4(11), 6 - 24. doi:10.5354/0719-9368.2021.65667 In the recent years, there has been an upsurge in the number of FTAs that are…
Not Just Sea Turtles, Let’s Protect Women Too: Invoking Public Morality Exception or Negotiating a New Gender Exception in Trade
33 (1) European Journal of International Law (2022). The most common provisions we find in almost all multilateral, regional and bilateral trade agreements are the exception clauses that allow countries to protect public morals, humans, animals or…
Gender Mainstreaming in Free Trade Agreements: A Regional Analysis and Good Practice Examples
COVID-19 has played havoc with the global economy, and with it, international trade. Amidst it all, something else has been happening that we need to take account of, i.e., the increasing gender divide. COVID-19 is magnifying the impact of the pre-…
The Impact of the Investment Climate on Foreign Direct Investment in Africa
This paper investigates the impact of investment climate on FDI in Africa using a dataset that spans 2000 to 2018. It also hypothesised that the relationship between investment climate and FDI could vary by country classification as a landlocked,…
Not Just Sea Turtles, Let’s Protect Women Too: Invoking Public Morality Exception or Negotiating New Gender Exception in Trade
The most common provisions we find in almost all multilateral, regional and bilateral trade agreements are the exception clauses that allow countries to protect public morals, humans, animals or plant health and life, and conserve exhaustible…
Cadernos Cadernos Brasil na OCDE : Investimentos
Os temas dos investimentos estrangeiros e seus impactos sobre o desenvolvimento econômico são centrais a todo modelo de políticas públicas. O tema investimento direto abrange regras claras e estáveis para investidores e tomadores de investimentos…