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TRADE AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN AFRICA

30 May 2018

Trade has been identified as an important factor contributing to poverty reduction in many countries. This study uses a panel Vector Autoregressive framework, both in the long run and the short run to analyse the relationship between trade openness and po ...

The Impact of Long Haul Destinations on Carbon Emissions: The Case of Mauritius

30 May 2018

With the continual increase in tourism and travel activities globally, there are serious allegations that the industry is significantly contributing towards climate change through its impact on CO2 emissions. There are, to date, no empirical studies inves ...

The impact of relative prices on tourism demand for Mauritius: An empirical analysis

30 May 2018

The present study assesses the impact of relative prices on tourism flows in Mauritius. To account for dynamism in tourism flows modelling, a dynamic time series analysis – namely the vector autoregressive model – is employed. The results show that relative ...

Trade facilitation and trade flows: Evidence from Africa

30 May 2018

This chapter investigates the impact of trade facilitation on trade flows for a sample of 20 African economies over the period 2007–2014. Using a panel vector autoregressive framework, it finds that trade facilitation enhances trade flows in those African ...

Analysing the impact of tourism foreign direct investment on economic growth: Evidence from a small island developing state

30 May 2018

The present study attempts to address the important question of whether foreign direct investment (FDI) flowing into the tourism sector has served to enhance economic growth in Mauritius for the period 1984–2014. Using a dynamic vector error correction mo ...

COMESA: A case study

30 May 2018

The last three decades have witnessed a proliferation of regional initiatives which have come about in view of the slow progress achieved at the level of the World Trade Organization (WTO), particularly after the debacle of the Doha Round. The underlying ...

Trade Liberalization, Export and Import Growth: Evidence from Uganda

23 November 2012

This concern has motivated researchers to investigate whether or not the impact ... of the trade sector infrastructure, the low value addition and limited research ... Mauritius University of Mauritius_WTO_Uganda_Report research grant.doc ...

Diamond Beneficiation and the WTO

23 November 2012

This paper considers the economics and trade law implications of diamond beneficiation in Botswana and, by extension, thoughout the SADC region. It explains the shift in policy and market position of De Beers which has moved from strident opponent to supp ...

No Chinese Jackets Required: Clothing Quotas, Consumer Prices and Import Quality in South Africa

23 November 2012

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