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Harnessing digital trade to curb COVID-19 impacts on MSMEs: A gender and sector discourse

22 July 2021

The project aims at analysing the effects of COVID-19 on Mauritian MSMEs including women and blue entrepreneurs. It will also investigate the factors that prevent Mauritian women micro entrepreneurs from shifting to digital trade and aim to empower MSMEs ...

Forging Knowledge Co-Production on International Trade and Circular Economy Linkages in Developing Countries

12 July 2021

industry, and the culinary sector. Other research will focus on engaging ...

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, ...

The digital trade era- Opportunities and challenges for developing countries: The case of Kenya

21 June 2021

E-commerce has grown rapidly in Kenya, supported by laws governing information and communications technology (ICT) services, e-commerce transactions, data protection and access to information. The government has established one-stop shops for the provisio ...