This article examines the impact of mobile money on the labour productivity of firms in nine ECOWAS countries. Using propensity score matching and inverse probability-weighted regression adjustment, we find that firms using mobile money are more…
This study examines the imbalance in bilateral trade between India and China, which has been marked by a trade deficit on India's side since the early 2000s. Using a descriptive qualitative approach and secondary data sources from academic journals…
In recent years, trade agreements between states have evolved, expanding the topics addressed, including, in some cases, chapters on gender. The general objective of this study is to determine whether the Gender Chapter of the Interim Trade…
This policy paper critically examines the evolution, effectiveness, and shortcomings of Nepal’s investment, industrial, and trade policies over the past nine decades. Despite various reforms and liberalization efforts, Nepal has failed to attract…
Digital trade is transforming global commerce, lowering transaction costs, connecting businesses across borders and expanding access to new markets. Yet, Africa's participation in this digital revolution remains disproportionately low.
The African…
En este trabajo analizo los efectos de la política proteccionista de Donald Trump en el sistema multilateral de comercio basado en reglas.
This chapter provides an overview of the growing influence of both labour standards and gender equality concerns in contemporary trade debates, and in particular how existing FTAs have increasingly accommodated both types of issues. In the following…