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Project update – Trade and Investment Advocacy Fund (TAF2+)

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International Economics was awarded a new Trade and Investment Advocacy Fund (TAF2+) funded Project on providing Technical Assistance on World Trade Organisation (WTO) Issues for the Secretariat of the ACP Group of States (ACP Group) in Geneva. Implementing jointly with Summit Alliances International (SAI), the project has just started and will be in place until […]

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Project update – Curaçao National Export Strategy

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Our CEO, Paul Baker, recently joined a team from the International Trade Centre (ITC) to support the Government of Curaçao to work with its public and private sector stakeholders to design a new mid-term strategy for growth and development, which is particularly timely given the economic impact of recent finance-related regulatory changes in the EU

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CEO Insights – The US-China Trade Conflict and its Implications on Global Trading

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The trade war has escalated and its shocks will spread to the world economy. The trade war began as a populist campaign during the US 2016 elections. Fast forward to 2019, the once named unlikely rhetoric materialised. The sheer scope and depth of the tariff hikes is already having a major impact on bilateral trade

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Project update – TradeCom II Programme to Support the RMCE in Mauritius

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Our CEO at International Economics, Paul Baker and Associate, Andras Lakatos are working on the EU-funded, TradeCom II Programme to support the Regional Multidisciplinary Centre of Excellence (RMCE). Landel Mills is implementing the project. The RMCE, driven by the Government of Mauritius, is dedicated to building the capacity of African countries towards an Accelerated Programme

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CEO Insights – Expanding Trade Through E-Commerce

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E-commerce has brought down barriers that until now, were conceived as unsolvable. Distance, language, and cultural differences have been almost completely negated with the emergence of the internet as a tool to sell and buy, communicate and carry out business. The internet has become a bridge between enterprises in small, isolated countries and large audiences

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Improving Mauritania’s Global Competitiveness and Trade Information Systems

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We are proud to announce that we, International Economics, have been awarded our fourth TradeCom II Programme-funded project and our first in the North-West African country of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. During the months ahead, our team will work closely with the Government of Mauritania to strengthen the country’s trade information systems and improve

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HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition 2019

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HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition 2019 The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Business and Economics The HSBC Business Case Competition attended by our graduate trainee, Ngonidzashe Gurure, was a consulting case competition for undergraduate students from all across the world, but focusing mainly on the Asia-Pacific region. The team representing Mauritius was composed

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Multilateral Rules on E-Commerce and What it Means for Small States’ Development Objectives

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Small States are the ones that comparatively can benefit the most from e-commerce, since their limited domestic market size and geographic barriers create higher-than-usual trade barriers*. Recent research shows that e-commerce has the potential to reduce trade costs by two thirds, in comparison to normal transactions. Small States have the potential of leveraging e-commerce to

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The Impact of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement on the UK

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International Economics is proud to announce the release of a study commissioned by the British Government’s Department for International Trade (DIT) to inform DIT’s impact assessment of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). The study carried out by our team, Paul Baker and David Vanzetti, provides an assessment of the impact the EVFTA will have

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What are the Key Risks in the 2019 Outlook for the Global Economy?

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Policy uncertainty will continue to increase in 2019. In January this year, the IMF revised its forecasts for global economic growth downwards for 2019 to 3.5 percent (down 0.2 percent from its October 2018 estimates). The risks of policy shocks – Brexit, the increase in protectionism, the US-China trade war, a pseudo-Cold War between the

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Expanding Intra-African Trade through Market Governance Tools

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Since its establishment in 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been unsuccessful in coming to an agreement on new commitments to liberalise market access at the multilateral level – for both goods and services. Its members have also been unable to address ‘new’ policy issues on the negative effects of domestic regulation on international

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An Ocean of Economic Opportunity

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Paul Baker, International Economics’ CEO was interviewed for the Business Report Magazine on the challenges that Mauritius’ manufacturing sector faces and its business environment.  He discusses, amongst other topics, the need for the country to remain competitive with the development and threat of South Asian countries.  This was distributed at the WEF meeting in Davos,

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Reviewing the SADC Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation System for the SADC Protocol on Trade

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International Economics has been recently awarded a GIZ-funded project to review the functionality, tools, reporting cycle and the usability of the MRE System that monitors the implementation of the SADC Protocol on Trade; assess whether the System has achieved its objectives; asses the relevance, effectiveness and sustainability of the System; and recommend changes and improvements

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Supporting the Design of Ukraine’s National Export Strategy

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During the first week of June, Paul Baker and Pablo Quiles, International Economics’ CEO and Trade Analyst, respectively, supported the International Trade Centre’s team in conducting stakeholders consultations in Kiev, Ukraine, in the framework of Ukraine’s National Export Strategy. The aim of such consultations is to gain an in-depth understanding of the country’s economy and

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Developing a M&E Framework for Trade Agreements

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International Economics has recently started to work with the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat in order to develop a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework to measure how the region and countries are doing regarding regional economic integration, both in terms of implementation progress and changes overtime. The project is being implemented by Paul Baker, International Economics’ CEO, Sven

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Process Evaluation of SARTIP: South Asia Regional Trade and Integration Programme

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International Economics, together with Oxford Policy Management and ICRIER, are implementing the process evaluation of the South Asia Regional Trade and Integration Programme. The initiative, funded by DFID and implemented by the World Bank (WB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), aimed to improve the region’s electricity connectivity, intra-regional trade, and

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Independent Evaluation of SITA Africa: Supporting Indian Trade and Investment for Africa

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International Economics is a partnering with Oxford Policy Management to evaluate the ITC-led SITA programme, which aims to harness Indian resources (knowledge, technology, capital) to increase higher value-added exports from selected African countries to the Indian market, and also third markets. The evaluation’s objective is to estimate SITA’s effectiveness, determine its overall impact, and draw lessons

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Design of the National Export Strategy – Sri Lanka

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Paul Baker, International Economics’s CEO, is providing technical advice to the International Trade Centre in the design of Sri Lanka’s National Export Strategy. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to Sri Lanka’s inclusive trade-led growth and regional integration through the increased trade competitiveness of Sri Lankan SMEs. The support will be provided

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Study on the Impact of “Brexit” on EU-ESA Trade and Investment Relations

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AUG – SEPT 2016 The Indian Ocean Commission requested International Economics to conduct a study to analyse the impact of Brexit on EU-ESA trade and economic relations. The work included a study of the significance of the UK in EU-ESA trade and investment relations, an assessment of the risks related to Brexit, and the likely

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Project: Preparation of a Concept Note for the African Green Revolution Forum

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AUG – SEPT 2016 International Economics, through its CEO, provided technical advice to the ITC coordination meetings with potential partners to prepare a concept note for the African Green Revolution Forum. The aim of this assignment was to draft a concept note focusing on: opportunities for exporting pulses from Kenya and Tanzania to India, current

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