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Trading in corruption: Evidence and mitigation measures for corruption in the trading of oil and minerals

U4 Issue | Jun 2017

Between 2011 and 2013, sales of government oil from the ten biggest producers in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 56% of these countries’ ...

natural resource management, oil, minerals, resource curse, commodity trading, corruption, national oil companies, state-owned enterprises, extractive revenue misappropriation

Comment to CMI insight number 5: Illicit Flows and Trade Misinvoicing: Are we looking under the wrong lamppost?

CMI Insight | Nov 2016

This is a comment to the CMI Insight number 5, published November 2016. The Insight can be found here. Comment byMatthew Salomon, 12 ...

illicit flows, trade misinvoicing, financial flows, tax, tax evation

Will International Trade Reduce Poverty? A Background Note to NORAD

CMI Report | Jan 2007

NORAD is currently developing a trade strategy towards developing countries. This background note presents a review of the current literature ...

International trade, Poverty reduction

Does aid for trade to SADC countries facilitate poverty reduction?

Book Chapter | Dec 2009

Given that the motivation for aid is poverty reduction, I argue that Aid for Trade (AfT) measures need to demonstrate that they are effective ...

Aid for Trade, SADC, Poverty

Aid for trade: A misdirected initiative?

CMI Working Paper | Sep 2009

Given that the motivation for aid is poverty reduction, I argue that Aid for Trade (AfT) measures need to demonstrate that they are effective ...

SADC, Aid for trade, Poverty

Fragmented production: regionalization of trade?

Report in External Series | Jan 2003

This paper explores the impact of vertical specialization on world trade within the framework of the O-ring theory of production. Within such ...

Asia: China., Americas: Mexico

Trade policy, poverty and inequality in Namibia

Book Chapter | Jan 2001

The analysis shows that trade liberalisation can be expected to lead to higher growth. Namibia conforms to the typical SSA picture of low growth ...

Trade policy, , Poverty, Africa: Namibia

Trust and Trade ... Is distance dead?

CMI Report | Jan 2003

This report explores the facts behind the buzzwords ´globalisation` and ´the new economy`. In general we associate these concepts ...

Trade flows, Trade barriers, Transportation costs, Globalisation, Economic models

Agricultural Trade between Bangladesh and India: An Analysis of Trends, Trading Patterns and Determinants

Report in External Series | Nov 2012

The paper analyses the indices of trends and patterns of India-Bangladesh bilateral agriculture trade, and estimates the short and long-run ...

Agricultural trade, Bangladesh, India

How can Aid for Trade promote poverty reduction

Project | Dec 2007 - Mar 2008

Does a regional organization like SADC has any comparative advantages in implementing Aid for Trade measures? Many constraints for increasing ...

Aid for trade, Poverty, SADC

Experience from Bangladesh with ethical trading initiatives

CMI Report | Jan 2003

Since the 1990s there has been increasing concern in the North about products from the South and the conditions under which they are produced. ...

Ethics, Codes of conduct, International trade, Working conditions, Labour standards, Textile industry, Bangladesh, Asia: Bangladesh

Trade policy and poverty: A review

Project | Feb - Dec 2005

Based on a literature review on the impacts of trade policy on poverty, we will summarize the general lessons about mechanisms, measures of ...

Trade policy, poverty

Trade liberalization and Poverty: Challenges for Southern African Development Community

Book Chapter | Dec 2007

The impact of trade liberalization on poverty levels in developing countries is reviewed in this paper. Trade might influence poverty, ...

Trade liberalization, Poverty, SADC, Southern Africa

Coffee, co-operatives and competition: The impact of fair trade

CMI Report | Jan 2004

Coffee is one of the most important Third World export commodities, and 70% of the producers are small-scale farmers. Coffee producers are often ...

Fair Trade, Coffee, Co-operatives, Developing countries, Case studies, Mexico, Americas: Mexico

Liberalisation of trade in producer services - the impact on developing countries

CMI Report | Jan 1999

This paper analyzes the impact of liberalization of trade in producer services, focusing on financial services, telecommunications and transport. ...

International trade, Africa: Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania

Informal Cross-Border Trade in Eastern Sudan A Case Study from Kassala and Gedarif States

Sudan Working Paper | Jan 2015

Informal trade in pre-colonial Africa, sometimes in the form of barter, wasone of the mechanisms of social interaction between various ethnic ...

Sudan

Lifetime QALY prioritarianism in priority setting: Quantification of the inherent trade-off

Journal Article | Jan 2014

Background Multiple principles are relevant in priority setting, two of which are often considered particularly important. According to the ...

Priority setting, Prioritarianism, Cost-effectiveness, Equity weights, Quality-adjusted life years, Political philosophy, Empirical ethics

Cross-border trade in the war areas of the Sudans: Smuggling or a form of cooperation?

Sudan Working Paper | Dec 2016

After the war broke out again in the border areas between the Sudans, a trading pattern known earlier as the “peace markets” reemerged. ...

war, Border, Coping mechanisms, markets, Sumbuk, trade, Livelihoods, Sudan, South Sudan, Southern Kordofan State

Informal trade networks

Project | Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

One of the more interesting traits of barter trade in the transition economies is the participation of foreign owned enterprises. As a rule, ...

Trade unions in processes of democratisation. A study of party labour relations in Zamiba

CMI Report | Jan 1992

This report assesses the role of labour in the recent transition to multi-party rule in Zambia. The main question considered is to what extent ...

Democracy, Democratisation, Trade Unions, Zambia