Research

Content type

Chairs

Trade Topics

Year

Digital developments and employment: Understanding trends in Africa

3 February 2025

research. It emphasizes that employment is central to inclusive growth, ...

Firm heterogeneity and export behavior: evidence from Tunisia

20 October 2024

We use unique enterprise survey data to explore the export behavior of firms in Tunisia, a small, trade-dependent country with a complex policy environment regarding exporting. Firms may export directly or indirectly through intermediaries, and can also s ...

Gender mainstreaming in trade agreements: “A Potemkin Facade”?, World Trade Organization

8 April 2024

and economic realities is needed, as is further research on what would improve ...

La riposte économique contre la Covid-19 en Afrique francophone: l'«espace politique en question»

4 May 2023

Africa, while less impacted than other regions of the world, is still facing disastrous consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, African countries, especially those in French-speaking Africa, have provided less support to their economies duri ...

Impact des politiques de commerce et d’investissement sur l’emploi productif et décent: Rapport pays pour la Tunisie

6 March 2023

Author(s): Leila Baghdadi, Hela Miniaoui Yes Tunisia wcms_863106.pdf Author(s): Leila Baghdadi, Hela Miniaoui Download 1 December 2022 Trade topics: Foreign Direct Investment, Labour, Trade Policy, ...

"High growth firms and trade linkages: Imports do matter", published in Small Business Economics

19 February 2022

This paper examines the association between high-growth firm status and global linkages with special focus on the role of imports. We rely on a rich panel data covering all formal firms in Tunisia between 1999 and 2015. Our results show that firms that im ...

Africa's digital future: From theory to action

20 November 2021

attracted much research interest around the world. But few publications (until ... of whom are members of the extended research network of the NWU, the WTO Chairs Programme and the TRADE research entity Author(s): Wilma Viviers, ...

Theoretical concepts of trade policy development and analysis: Evolution and modern challenges in the context of the international trading system transformation

20 September 2021

and their trade costs. In addition, research methodology for various quantitative ... as well as a comparative analysis of the identified research areas. Yes ...