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Gender Mainstreaming in Kenya's Trade Agreements: The Africa Continental Free Trade Area
The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the Treaty establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement is gender mainstreamed. Specifically, the study investigates how gender related issues are represented in the…
Do Exports of Services Lengthen the Duration of Export of Goods? Evidence from Kenya
This study investigates the effect of service exports disaggregated into nine categories (transport, travel, construction, government, ICT, personal, cultural and recreational, financial, insurance, and other business services) on the survival of…
Pass-Through Effects of the East African Community Common External Tariffs on Kenya's Domestic Prices
This study offers an empirical microlevel analysis of the pass-through effects of the East African Community Common External Tariff on consumer prices in Kenya. Using data from the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Surveys conducted in 2005 and 2015…
Effects of the African Continental Free Trade Area onvEnhancing Exports and Welfare in Selected East African Community Countries
This study assesses the effects of the African Continental FreeTrade Area’s (AfCFTA) and East African Community’s (EAC) mem-berships on export promotion and household welfare usingpanel data (1997 to 2020). Results reveal positively…
AfCFTA's Impact on East African Exports and Household Livelihoods
This policy brief investigates the effects of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and East African Community (EAC) membership on export performance and household welfare in five East African countries—Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania,…