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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"cross-border trade"”.
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Cross border trade as a survival strategy in SADC : a study of Zimbabwean women traders
… policies and more broadly SADC affect informal trade and informal traders. Whilst SADC governments claim a desire to fight poverty, the organisation at the same time is pursuing policies that are obstructive to poverty alleviation. This is, for example, reflected in its lack of recognition of …
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Beyond the record : the political economy of cross border trade between Cyangugu, Rwanda and Bukavu, DR Congo
Bibliography: leaves 138-143.
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Assessing the contribution of informal cross-border trade to regional integration in the Southern African Development Community using Social Networking Analysis (SNA)
… of people within the SADC region pursue informal cross-border trade because of its socio-economic development impacts. The objectives of the study are to; a) examine the nature and dynamics of informal cross-border trading activities in selected Southern African Development Community (SADC) border …
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The effect of the East African community integration process on informal cross-border trade (ICBT) : an analysis of the Customs Union Protocol
Informal cross border trade (ICBT) includes imports and exports that are traded across borders informally by escaping the normal border procedures like customs clearance. As a consequence of the said informality, ICBT is viewed as illegal cross border activities. Despite the fact that it is not …
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A study to clarify the role of customs risk management in facilitating cross-border trade at the Beit-Bridge border post : a case of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority from 2001 to 2014
… Customs Risk Management (CRiM) in facilitating cross-border trade at Beit Bridge border post from 2001 to 2014. Qualitative methods of survey questionnaire and face-to-face interviewing techniques were used to gather primary data. Secondary data was collected from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority …
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An assessment of U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking
… encountered by U.S. motor carriers engaged in cross-border trade to and from Mexico. The quality of transportation service is investigated via an assessment of U.S. motor carriers' evaluation of their Mexican motor carriers' partner(s) performance and quality of service. Additionally, U.S. …
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In search of coherence and consistency in European contract law: a way forward
… functioning of the internal market and for crossborder trade from the existing divergent and fragmentary state of European contract law at the EU and national levels. This question was answered in the affirmative. Action was needed to simplify the regulatory environment for cross-border …
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Governance, informality and agency in the making of cross-border mopane worm livelihoods in Southern Africa
… source and, increasingly, part of a lucrative cross-border trade in southern Africa. Across Botswana and South Africa, the statutory regulation of these resources is overlaid upon customary forms of governance that continue to regulate resource access and use. The effectiveness of such …
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ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL RISK SHARING
… of different economic prospects engage in cross-border trade and financial asset transactions to mitigate impacts of idiosyncratic income shocks on consumption. Measuring the extent of international risk sharing (IRS) remains an open empirical question. This dissertation provides a new …
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Long-term power systems integration using OSeMOSYS SAMBA - South America Model Base - and the bargaining power of countries : a cooperative games approach
… renewable energy generation and sheds light on cross-border trade perspectives in South America. Additionally, using a cooperative games approach, the bargaining power of each country (player) was calculated by applying the Shapley value concept. The proposed methodology may provide important …
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Legal challenges of cross-border insolvencies in sub-saharan Africa with reference to Tanzania and Kenya: a framework for legislation and policies
… has developed in recent years in the area of cross-border insolvency, this scholarship has been dominated by scholars from the United States and Europe, so that a perspective from most of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries is lacking. This study addresses this perspective. It makes an …
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Entrepost.com business plan
… impact on the traditional model of the cross-border trade activities. The forthcoming entry of China to World Trade Organization is going to present unprecedented opportunities between China and the United States, and eventually between China and the world. This thesis of Entrepost.Com …
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An exploration of the experiences of Zimbabwean women informal cross-border traders at the Zimbabwean/South African BeitBridge border post
… economic agents in their own terms. Research on cross-border trade, however, has theorized that gender dynamics may empower women traders as they learn to negotiate new business networks and as they develop economic independence; a different perspective on gender dynamics suggests that far from …
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Realism and idealism in the harmonization of contract law in the European Union
The advantages of enhanced cross-border trade among the member states are emphasized by advocates of the harmonization of law in the European Union, a principle which has been included in each of the treaties of accession. Following political events in 1989, the concept of a Europe-wide law of …
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Legal Challenges of Cross-Border Insolvencies in Sub-Saharan Africa with Reference to Tanzania and Kenya: A Framework for Legislation and Policies
… has developed in recent years in the area of cross-border insolvency, this scholarship has been dominated by scholars from the United States and Europe, so that a perspective from most of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries is lacking. This study addresses this perspective. It makes an …
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Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Participation in Public Procurement
… and works contracts. EU rules aim to promote cross-border trade in the Single Market by removing the barriers faced by suppliers when tendering for public contracts. This research questions whether the inclusion of social criteria and innovative procedures facilitates SME participation in …
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Visualizing global drug flows : transnational connections to the overdose crisis in New England, USA
… however, I traced heroin mixed with IMF back to cross-border trade nodes at the US-Mexico border, and I traced naloxone back to its raw material origins in legal poppy fields in Tasmania, Australia. First, I filmed some of the thousands of commercial tractor trailers entering US ports of entry …
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The Evolution of the British Economy: Anglo-Scottish Trade and Political Union, an Inter-Regional Perspective, 1580-1750.
… Evolution of the British Economy: Anglo-Scottish Trade and Political Union, an Inter-Regional Perspective, 1580-1750. Matthew Richard Greenhall This thesis examines the nature and extent of Anglo-Scottish trade over the course of regal and political union between 1580 and 1750. It assesses whether …
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Linkages between U.S Cross-border Portfolio Equity Flows and Equity Markets
… explores a new panel data set based on US gross cross-border equity flows to 20 industrialized nations combined with measures of market valuation for the period of 1977-2005. Empirical evidence of imperfect integration across world equity markets indicates that valuation matters. Consistent with …
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