Economic policy, tourism trade and productive diversification

Tourism and Economic Growth

South African Trade Policy Matters : Trade Performance and Trade Policy

South African trade policy has exerted a major influence on the composition and aggregate growth of trade. In the Apartheid period, trade protection seriously impeded both exports and imports, and the economy depended on favorable global commodity price trends to avoid running into an external constraint. South Africa developed a comparative advantage in capital-intensive primary and manufactur...

Economic Organization and the Trade-Offs Between Productive and Destructive Entrepreneurship

The connection between entrepreneurship and economic organization is an under-researched topic in the economics of organization. This paper argues that key insights of the Austrian school of economics with respect to entrepreneurship and the nature and role of property rights and ownership may be useful ingredients in the economics of organization. Thus, we show that incorporating Austrian idea...

The impact of the financial and economic crisis on world trade and trade policy

WEAK LINKS AND DIVERSIFICATION POLICY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND COMMODITIES, RESEARCH STUDY SERIES No. 67