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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…
Does Export Diversification Matter for Ecological Footprint in Uzbekistan? Empirical Evidence from ARDL Approach
The purpose of this paper is to conduct an empirical study of the impact of export diversification on the ecological footprint in Uzbekistan using the ARDL approach based on data from 1996-2020. The ARDL bound test for cointegration reveals the…
The impact of information and communication technologies on export diversification: Evidence from developing countries
As economies increasingly rely on digitalization, information and communication technologies (ICT) have become critical in shaping global economic transformations. This study explores the impact of ICT on export concentration and diversification in…