Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like those in the Caribbean region are doubly jeopardized by climate change. They are not major emitters of greenhouse gases, but are amongst the most impacted by the ecological and economic fallout associated…
Migration and the growth of global diasporas are key contemporary trends which impact on the pledge to “leave no one behind” in the 2030 Agenda. The developmental potential of migration is captured in four Goals and five Targets in the Sustainable…
This study explores the impact of the EU-CARIFORUM free trade agreement in the field of culture and creative activities. The study tries to identify the success stories, as well as the obstacles that may have prevented the full beneficial effect of…
The objectives of this article are to develop a partial equilibrium model for a dairy sector according to two approaches—“Quantity Formulation” and “Price Formulation”—and to show their equivalence under the assumption of perfect competition. We…
This paper analyses the effect of green energy promotion policies in a decentralized power industry. We develop a Cournot duopolistic competition between risk-adverse operators each detaining polluting and clean technologies. We show that the…
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries have recently developed their renewable energy markets. However, their rate of investment in renewable energy remains small as compared to other regions in the world, despite their relative abundant…
The literature presents conflicting expectations about the effect of globalization on democracy. One view expects globalization to enhance democracy, a second argues that globalization obstructs democracy; a third argues that it does not necessarily…
Developing countries (DCs) have high population growth and food demand. Food security still one of the main goals in these countries. Moreover, foreign direct investment (FDI) is at the heart of their investment policy. For DCs attract FDI is an…
This paper analyses the overall effect of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) on firms in Tunisia, with a particular attention paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It draws a precise view of NTMs effects on firms’ imports as well as on firms’…
We develop a theoretical model and derive conditions under which firms with market power try to influence the setting of quality standards and describe the political equilibrium. We show that in political equilibrium the positive association only…