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Assessing the impact of rice sector policy reforms on the income mobility of rural households in Nigeria
Nigeria’s agricultural policy has evolved considerably since the country gained political independence in 1960.
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This paper explores the relationship between institutions and trade in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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Trade performance and potential of North African countries: An application of a stochastic frontier gravity model
The objective of this paper is to analyze trade potential versus actual realized trade among North African trading partners. Following the literature on production economics, we built a stochastic frontier gravity model.
This paper uses the border effect estimate from a gravity model to analyze the level of market trade integration among Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia from 2005-2012.
This paper utilizes a survey on informal cross-border trade in Benin (ECENE), conducted by the National Institute of Statistics in 2011, to study the determinants of informal versus formal trade, concentrating on Benin’s exports and re-exports to nei
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The European Union’s and United States of America’s Non–Tariff Measures: Impacts on African Exports
There are differentials in the conclusion of scholars as to what undermines Africa’s export flows to the European Union (EU) and United State of America (USA).
Few studies give a systematic account of the bribes paid by smugglers to different groups of state actors.
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Does distance still matter for agricultural trade?
This paper quantifies the average effect of distance on bilateral agricultural trade using a large sample of countries.
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How did wars dampen trade in the MENA region?
This paper investigates the effects of war on trade in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), an area at considerable risk for conflicts.
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Rising global food prices and price variability: A blessing or a curse for global food supply?
This study examines the response of global aggregate acreage of selected crops to international prices and price variability.
This research aims at measuring the potential impact of high commodity prices on Ethiopia’s prospects of maintaining agricultural growth objectives and poverty reduction targets set in the CAADP agenda.
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Product standards and Africa’s agricultural exports
The preponderance and stringency of product standards have implications for global trade, especially for developing countries. Despite the importance of this issue to Africa, only a few empirical studies exist in the area.
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Post-liberalization markets, export firm concentration, and price transmission along Nigerian cocoa supply chains
This study examines whether major Nigerian export firms exert market power over Nigerian cocoa farmers in the form of incomplete price transmission.