Contrary to popular belief, globalisation is not the primary cause of job losses in the world today. In fact, trade and investment have been vital instruments in stimulating economic growth, particularly in the developing countries, and lifting…
Now that the news of the UK’s intention to leave the European Union has begun to sink in around the world, many questions are circulating about the likely nature and timing of the split, and the impact of Brexit on global and regional dynamics.
The political and economic developments in Zimbabwe remain of significance to South Africa as an immediate neighbour, as well as to an economically interdependent SADC region. The risk of ‘beggar-my-neighbour’ policies has risen. This research…
As production becomes increasingly dispersed around the world with the growing allegiance to regional and global value chains (R/GVCs), many countries are under pressure to rethink their industrial and trade policies. Aligning industrial and trade…
This study provides a comparative analysis of the selection of seaports for containerised cargo in Southern Africa, with a special focus on South Africa. Ever since Jan van Riebeeck set foot on South African soil in the 17th century and a port was…
This paper aims to address some of South Africa’s shortcomings in its services trade by presenting a broad strategy that provides an overarching framework for South Africa’s trade activities in the services arena. The paper places particular…
Cette contribution a pour objectif d’analyser les relations entre l’aide pour le commerce, la connectivité aux chaînes de valeurs globales et la croissance économique dans les pays de la CEDEAO. Pour y parvenir, plusieurs outils et modèles sont…
Mr Christophe Degain and Dr Victor Kümmritz, from the WTO’s Economic Research and Statistics Division in Geneva, Switzerland, visited the NWU from 30 May-1 June 2017 to conduct a workshop on how a Trade in Value Added (TiVA) approach to measuring…
South Africa is gripped by high and rising levels of unemployment and poverty, which have conspired to create a society that is one of the most unequal in the world today. This is not helped by the fact that the troubled global and local economies…
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LIBERALISATION COMMERCIALE ET PAUVRETE: Vérification
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