On the 20th day of November 2009, in the city of Arusha, Tanzania, presidents Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (Tanzania), Pierre Nkurunziza (Burundi), Mwai Kibaki (Kenya), Paul Kagame (Rwanda), and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (Uganda) jointly signed the Protocol…
Informal Cross-Border Trade in agricultural commodities between Kenya and her neighbours has been growing with time, but knowledge of its magnitude, determinants and consequences remain largely inadequate. This has acted to inhibit formulation of…
This concept paper has discussed the World Trade Organisation ( WTO) – on going Doha round negotiations on Non Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) and flanked out the areas that need to be researched on, with an ultimate objectives of informing the…
The tourism sector has become an important sector towards contributing to overall development in many countries, both in terms of foreign exchange earnings, employment generation and so do the region’s domestic product (GDP). The World market for…
The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 had various channels of transmission to Kenya and one of them was through remittances. However, Data from the Central Bank of Kenya shows that remittances from the Diaspora only reduced for the first six…
This study uses Constant-Market-Shares (CMS) analysis technique to examine Jordan’s export performance. The recently developed UNIDO method has been applied to Jordan’s merchandise exports during the 1998-2010 period. WITS database has been utilized…
This study analyzes the changes in the levels of competitiveness of four major service sectors –Transport, Communications, Travel, and Other Business Services- by using the market share position of a number of MENA countries. The approach we use…
A large body of empirical literature has explored the linkages between exports diversification and output growth. However, empirical verification remains indecisive and the topic remains open to discussion.
This paper examines the relationship…
In light of Jordan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2000, this paper explores the impact of the this accession on trade flows to investigate whether and how WTO accession facilitates trade growth by applying a standard gravity…
In this paper we investigate the impact of Jordan’s accession to the WTO on its trade and international competitiveness. Using Jordan’s trade, imports, and exports data over the period 1994-2009, we apply the commonly used gravity model to examine…