Development through Trade: FTAs and the ‘spaghetti bowl effect’
The quickest way to empty a room is to mention the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
Development through Trade: a role for trade policy in SA today?
Commentary on the state’s plans to take a more active, interventionist role in our economy is reaching fever-pitch.
Effective regional governance is an essential step in achieving African unity
Reality is a hard taskmaster. It can be the spoiler of grand ideals, but also the voice of reason. Within two weeks of each other, the European Union and the African Union held their mid-year summits:
Business in Africa Reports (2004-2007)
Research Reports
The AEO’s Main Macroeconomic Findings
The African Economic Outlook is a unique tool combining the expertise of the OECD Development Centre and the African Development Bank to understand the economic, social and political developments of African countries.
Development through Trade – Business Day Exporter column – Jul07
By the time you read this column a breakthrough in the Doha Round may just have occurred.
Plant biotechnology provides hope for Africa’s future
Ensuring food security and self-sufficiency remains a gargantuan challenge for Africa. Currently more than 200 million people suffer from chronic starvation and malnutrition and generally survive on donor food aid.
Development through Trade: liberalisation of trade in services
The liberalisation of trade in services is one of the most controversial issues in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
What is the APRM Conference in Accra about?
Ghana is hosting, from May 8-10, 2007. Below we bring to readers some background information and the objectives of the conference by DR KWAKU ASANTE-DARKO, a Senior Researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), located on the campus of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
East Africa’s Hub: The Experience of Doing Business in Kenya
Business in Africa Report, No 9, 2007