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Chairs

Trade Topics

Year

Research

Trade in Intermediates and Agro-Food Value Chain Integration: The Case of the Arab Region

24 June 2021

Arab intra-regional trade in agro-food accounts for more than half of the total Arab agro-food trade, displaying strong “trade-intensity” over the past decade. This indicates the potential of developing agro-food regional production networks aligning with ...

The Impact of Free Trade Agreements on the Productivity and Exporting Capability of Omani Manufacturing Companies

24 June 2021

in literature, the findings of this study will provide a research based evidence ... researchers, as well as fostering collaboration between the Humanities Research ...

The role of trade facilitation and non- tariff barriers in the context of increasing regional integration: The case of Oman and the Indian Ocean

24 June 2021

the intra-trade performance gap. The overall objective of this research project ...

Access to Government Public Procurement Opportunities

21 June 2021

The youth, women and persons with disabilities are categorized as part of vulnerable populations that are normally over looked by government initiatives and programs and are therefore less likely to receive skills training which puts them at a greater ris ...

Explaining Export Duration in Kenya

21 June 2021

This study establishes the hazard rate of exports from Kenya and identifies factors that explain the duration of exports using a discrete-time random effects logit regression model. A difference-in-differences estimator is used to assess the effects of AG ...

Economic Crises: A History of Economic Thought Perspective

21 June 2021

This is a summary of economic crises from a History of Economic Thought perspective. It also contains information on COVID-19 in Kenya alongside its economic impact. Lastly, the presentation is meant to arouse questions and solutions to the current recess ...

Agriculture as a Determinant of Zambian Economic Sustainability

21 June 2021

For several years, the Zambian economy relied on the mining sector, which has been affected by fluctuations in commodity prices. The new century enhanced the calls for economic diversification, with the agricultural, manufacturing, and services sectors am ...

Growth Impact of Foreign Direct Investment in the COMESA Region: Does Infrastructure Development Matter?

21 June 2021

Using country-level panel data, this study investigates the impact of foreign direct investment on the gross domestic product per capita in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa region over the 2000- 2015 period. The estimates are generated us ...

Response to the proposed Kenya – United States of America Free Trade Area Agreement: Negotiation Principles, Objectives, and Scope

21 June 2021

Kenya and the US, in February 2020 jointly announced their intent to initiate negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between themselves. Towards this end, the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development having consulted and heard ...

The digital trade era- Opportunities and challenges for developing countries: The case of Kenya

21 June 2021

E-commerce has grown rapidly in Kenya, supported by laws governing information and communications technology (ICT) services, e-commerce transactions, data protection and access to information. The government has established one-stop shops for the provisio ...

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