Food and crude oil products constitute 60 per cent of commodities used to measure the consumer price index and Kenya is a net importer of both. However, there is very little hard information about the actual effects of the global price shocks of…
The economies of southern Africa all face significant development challenges, not helped by the fact that many of these countries are ill-prepared for the demands of the rapidly advancing digital era. Given its heterogeneous membership and therefore…
Jansen van Rensburg, S.J., Viviers, W., Cameron, M. & Parry, A. 2019. Identifying export opportunities between IORA member states using the TRADE-DSM® methodology: A case study involving South Africa and Thailand. Journal of Indian Ocean Region…
Regional trade could be a powerful engine of economic growth and sustainable job creation. However, South Africa’s exports to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are typically smaller and more short-lived than its exports to its traditional markets. This is…
African countries offer many investment opportunities and also urgently need global investment finance. Along the value chains of the agro-industrial sector there are many global challenges for African countries to attract foreign direct investment…
This study sought to investigate the prevailing trade conditions in order to understand the extent to which the current food systems have been shaped by Kenya’s trade policy and the extent to which Kenya’s trade policy is embedded in or restricted…
This manual introduces Gender Based Violence (GBV) concept and what it means in relation to trade and trade facilitation at the border posts. This Training of Trainers’ (TOT) manual is for use by trainers for the training on cross border trade in…
For many years, the European Union has been an important market for agricultural products from Africa. However, African agricultural exporters have often found the European market difficult to access because of a raft of NTMs that add to exporters’…
This manual aims at providing a tool for training cross border traders on gender issues in relation to trade and trade facilitation at the border posts.
This manual introduces the gender and development concept and what it means in relation to trade and trade facilitation at the border posts. This Training of Trainers’ (TOT) manual is for use by trainers for the training on cross border trade in…