Essays about: "trade policy and economic growth"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 73 essays containing the words trade policy and economic growth.

  1. 11. The impact of Trade Openness on Economic Growth : A panel data analysis across advanced OECD countries

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Joel Cheung; Zerina Ljungqvist; [2021]
    Keywords : Growth; Trade; Development; Trade Openness; Trade Liberalisation;

    Abstract : The role of trade flows in the modern economy has been brought to a focal point by the increased trade frictions, geopolitical tensions, countries exiting unions, pressures of global financial crises and the recent covid-19 pandemic. We, therefore, set out to examine the relationship between trade openness and economic growth among 31 advanced OECD countries between the period 2000 - 2018. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Lingering Ravages of Colonialism : A Case study of neocolonialism through Cooperation Agreements in Cote D’Ivoire, and its impact on growth and development.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Fairuzah Munaaya Atchulo; [2021]
    Keywords : Neocolonialism; Colonialism; Extractive institutions; France; Cote D’Ivoire; Cooperation Agreements; France-Ivorian Cooperation Agreements; Dependency; African growth; and development;

    Abstract : It has been over sixty (60) years since decolonization in Africa. In years gone by, a pattern has emerged of former French colonies being marginally worse off than their British counterparts. Britain and France as the two most dominant colonial powers in Africa allows for these comparisons in growth and development to be made. READ MORE

  4. 13. Labour Markets and Global Value Chain Integration: Moderating the labour market implications of trade integration in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Bente Jessen-Thiesen; [2021]
    Keywords : Global Value Chain Integration; Sub-Saharan Africa; Labour Markets; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : With the rise of international fractionalization of production, global value chain (GVC) integration has become an important pillar of economic growth strategies, especially in low- and middle-income countries during the past decades. Differentiating between backward and forward GVC integration, economic growth and upgrading potentials are well-defined, but to be sustainable growth through GVC integration needs to incorporate decent job creation. READ MORE

  5. 14. Poverty and Inequality Reduction in the Case of Bolivia: What Has Impacted the Reduction during Evo Morales's Administration Period?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Alisa Buchstab; [2020]
    Keywords : Pro-poor growth; poverty; inequality; social spending; Bolivia; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Bolivia has experienced a drastic decline in inequality and poverty since 2000. It coincided with the administrative period of Evo Morales between 2006 and 2019. Hence, it is debated whether poverty reduction was mainly driven by economic growth alongside the commodity boom in the 2000s or by policy implementations during Morales’s presidency. READ MORE

  6. 15. The removal of trade sanctions’ impact on South African wine export : a gravity model that estimates what happened with South Africa’s wine export when apartheid ended.

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Julia Linderson; [2020]
    Keywords : apartheid; econometrics; economics; embargo; exort; gravity model; sanctions; trade; trade agreement;

    Abstract : This paper investigates how the removal of the South Africa trade embargo in 1994 affected its wine exports. The goal is to determine the significance of the sanctions and trade agreements for this export. Specifically, sanctions and certain trade agreements are examined between the years 1990 to 2010. READ MORE