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Lowering Barriers to Agricultural Exports through Technical Assistance
Journal Article | Jan 2005
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) regulations imposed by the developed world, significantly reduce the export opportunities of developing countries. Under ...
Agriculture, Exports, Technical assistance, Aid evaluation
Lowering barriers to agricultural exports through technical assistance
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2003
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) regulations imposed by the developed world, significantly reduce the export opportunities of developing countries. Under ...
Food policy, Agriculture, Exports, Technical assistance, Aid evaluation
Structural changes and growth in mineral-exporting developing countries
Book Chapter | Jan 1996
(Working paper 0296)
Too big to fault? Effects of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Norwegian exports to China and foreign policy
Journal Article | Dec 2020
In October 2010, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel peace prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The Chinese government responded by freezing ...
Sanctions, Trade, Foreign Policy, International Political Economy, Norway, China
Has recent political unrest affected garment exports from Bangladesh?
CMI Report | Jan 2018
According to the World Bank, political unrest in Bangladesh in the first part of 2015 resulted in a loss of 1% of GDP.[1] A previous study by UNDP (2005) ...
Garment exports, Trade channels, , Bangladesh
Too big to fault? Effects of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Norwegian exports to China and foreign policy
CMI Working Paper | May 2016
Abstract
In October 2010, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel peace prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The Chinese government responded ...
Nobel peace prize, Liu Xiaobo, foreign policy, exports, United Nations, fish, trade, sanctions, foreign policy, international political economy, Norway, China
Export performance and trade facilitation in SADC
Book Chapter | Jan 2008
Export performance and trade facilitation in SADC Line Tøndel Seim Towards political and econommic
A cost-benefit framework for allocating SPS-related technical assistance. The Globalisation Project
Report in External Series | Jan 2002
Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures designed to protect human, animal and plant health, constitute a significant barrier to exports of agricultural ...
WTO, nontariff barriers, technical assistance, cost-benefit analysis, market access
Sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) and technical assistance
Project | Jan - Dec 2002
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures designed to protect human, animal and plant health constitute a significant barrier to exports of agricultural products ...
Food Policy, Agriculture, Exports, Aid Evaluation
Is China too big to fault?
News | 11 May 2016
In October 2010, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel peace prize. New research from CMI shows that the Chinese sanctions had a substantial negative effect on Norwegian direct exports to China. In addition, an analysis of Norway’s voting pattern in the UN suggests that Chinese sanctions may have been effective in changing Norway’s position on human rights issues. The potential consequences are chilling.
A cost-benefit framework for allocating SPS-related technical assistance
CMI Report | Jan 2002
Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures designed to protect human, animal and plant health, constitute a significant barrier to exports of agricultural ...
WTO, nontariff barriers, technical assistance, cost-benefit analysis, market access, Norway
Economic impacts on the least developed countries of the elimination of import tariffs on their products
Report in External Series | Jan 2001
In this paper, we have discussed potential gains to the LDCs from improved market access in the QUAD. In principle, the economic benefits of extending ...
Trade, Clothing, , Bangladesh, Africa
Diversifying to avoid the resource curse?
News | 20 Dec 2013
Diversification spreads risk as countries expand into new export sectors, but does diversification also improve institutions and address the resource curse? Diversification strategies were top of the agenda at the UNIDO General Conference in December.
Prospects for Tanzania's mining sector
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2000
The success of Tanzania's structural reform efforts will (inter alia) depend on its ability to generate foreign exchange incomes. Mineral exports seem ...
Africa: Tanzania
Does diversification improve institutions in resource rich countries?
Angola Brief | Dec 2012
Angola is the world’s second most concentrated country in terms of exports. Furthermore, concentration has increased during recent years. Angola ...
Angola
Diversification and democracy
CMI Working Paper | Aug 2014
Does diversification of an economy improve the chances of democracy? This paper estimates the effect of export diversification on democracy levels, using ...
Diversification, concentration, democracy, political economy, Angola
Angola’s Financial Sector: A Roundtable Report
News | 30 Oct 2015
Angola's rapid economic growth over the last decade has been driven almost exclusively by the oil sector: 98% of Angola’s exports are linked to this sector. Yet, Angola has also seen explosive growth of its financial sector. Why has the Angolan financial sector grown so rapidly? How are Angola’s natural resource sector and its finance sector linked? How does Angola’s financial sector interface with the global economy?
Land reform and economic development strategy in Zimbabwe. State autonomy and the policy lobby
DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1990
The article reviews the discussion on the issue of land reform within Zimbabwe and the various explanations advanced in the literature of why redistribution ...
Land reform, Development strategy, State, Zimbabwe, Africa: Zimbabwe
The impact of the financial and economic crisis in Asia on Norway's major development partners. Report submitted for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
CMI Report | Jan 1999
This report first describes the currency, financial and economic crises in Asia and analyses how the crises evolved. The second part analyses how the ...
Financial crisis, Economic crisis, Asia
Diversification of the Angolan economy
CMI Insight | Sep 2014
Angola has the second most concentrated economy in the world, oil representing more than 97 per cent of its exports in 2011. Concentration has increased ...
Diversification, resources, poverty, Angola