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Role of transport infrastructure in international tourism development: A gravity model approach

30 May 2018

We employ a gravity framework to evaluate the importance of transport infrastructure in determining the tourism attractiveness of destinations. The analysis is based on a panel data set of bilateral tourism flows among 28 countries over the decade 1990–20 ...

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 ...

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT TRAINING MANUAL FOR CROSS BORDER TRADERS

7 May 2018

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. Author(s): TABITHA KIRITI-NGANGA AND BENEDICTO ONGERI Yes Kenya GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS TRAINI ...

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT TRAINING MANUAL FOR CROSS BORDER OFFICIALS

7 May 2018

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 great lak ...

Great Lakes Trade Facilitation Program: Training Needs Assessment Report

7 May 2018

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has been implementing a work programme supporting small-scale traders, through the COMESA Simplified Trade Regime (STR) and COMESA Trade Information Desks (TIDs) at key border crossings in the reg ...

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