The book was delivered in Portuguese and it doesn't have an abstract in English. We’ve translated the abstract from Portuguese into English: "The Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), as part of its efforts to support Brazil’s accession…
Private standards correspond to a set of rules and processes that establish guidelines related to the production, supply, packaging, and transportation of goods and services. These requirements are developed by private organizations, including non-…
This policy paper contextualizes the creation and revival of Investment Screening Mechanisms by central economies in a new scenario of international geoeconomic disputes. This mechanism revival reactivates concepts and policy formulations under…
The environmental issues and their intersection with activities such as trade have been winning greater space and preponderance in the international scenario. The article analyzes the intersection between trade and the environment within four…
This study empirically examines the causal relationship between trade openness and economic prosperity in South Africa with quarterly data from 1970 to 2017. The analysis is disaggregated into pre-1994 and post-1994 to capture the economic situation…
Orientation: Agriculture is key to South Africa’s economy, but exports face high transport costs, logistical bottlenecks, and infrastructure constraints, limiting competitiveness.
Research purpose: To examine how transport costs and logistical…
This study aims at investigating the long-run and short-run relationships between international tourist arrivals in Mauritius and some of its key driving factors using an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model over the period 1983–2019. Drawing…
Domestic tourism represents a promising emerging market for Mauritius, offering potential economic, socio-cultural, and environmental benefits. With Mauritius heavily reliant on international tourists, any unforeseen disruption can pose significant…
This research paper explores the dynamic relationship between trade openness, financial development, and economic growth in Lesotho. The study utilizes quarterly time series data spanning from 1970 to 2021, obtained from the Central Bank of Lesotho…
Purpose – Using panel data for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member states, the present study explored the role of RCEP negotiations on tourism development.
Design/methodology/approach –Adynamic econometric model, namely the…