The International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium is an informal association of University and Government economists interested in agricultural trade. Its purpose is to foster interaction, improve research capacity and to focus on relevant trade policy issues. It is financed by United States Department of Agriculture (ERS, and FAS), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the participating ...

Estimating Cross-Industry Cross-Country Models Using Benchmark Industry Characteristics* International industry data permits testing whether the industry-specific impact of cross-country differences in institutions or policies is consistent with economic theory. Empirical implementation requires specifying the industry characteristics that determine impact strength. Most of the literature has b...

In 1980, national land transport networks in Asia were unconnected between each other and across national borders, financed from public budgets, and tightly controlled by national road and railway administrations. Today, a Trans-Asian transport network is emerging that is governed by an ecosystem of local, national and international, and private sector institutions, and that are an integral par...

Kenya is in the midst of many transformations and transition processes of its institutions and administrative/governance structures following the promulgation of a new constitution on 27th August, 2010. Institutions for higher education, training and learning top the list of priority institutions targeted for these revolutions and evolutionary processes. The institutions are expanding at an ala...

Introduction Academic institutions are the most important organizations for implementation of internationalization policies and practices for integrating an international, intercultural and global dimension in higher education system. Also, a globally increasing demand for higher education has been seen in the past two decades so that the number of students enrolled in higher education institut...

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) sustainability assessments are receiving significant attention in the academic literature, with ever more complex grading and ranking systems being developed. This paper aims to provide national policy makers a simple set of indicators facilitate measuring progress towards for HEI sector, within context data collection efforts. Candidate were identified asse...