The cost of trade has generally been seen as an inhibiting factor of intra-regional trade in Africa. Considering the export characteristics of South Africa, one of the continent’s largest exporters both regionally and internationally, and the costs it faces in exporting to the region, the challenges related to prohibitive trading costs becomes apparent.
Of the top […]
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is by far the largest and most stable source of capital for developing countries. However, the distribution of FDI has been uneven across different regions and countries.
Since 1992, China has attracted the largest proportion of FDI, the impact of which cannot be underestimated despite some of it being round trip. The […]
Value chains have changed the world and are rapidly changing and evolving due to the increasing rate of technology innovation, communication technology, and computer integrated technology. UNCTAD defines a global/regional value chain as, ‘the sequence of all functional activities required in the process of value creation involving more than one country’.
Regional and Global value chain […]
When you’ve been working in development for a long time, you can easily become a little pessimistic about the state of the world. It could seem as if your actions are in vain especially when looking at all these developmental issues in their entirety. Yet, the old saying goes ‘you eat an elephant one bite at […]
