Trade is indispensable to fostering greater levels of global economic development. As the OECD has written, “No country has lifted itself out of poverty without international trade.” This category consolidates GTIPA-member reports assessing the intersection of trade and economic development.
BRI Monitor is a collaborative effort o promote transparency and accountability in major infrastructure projects funded through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the region.
If the goods do not cross the borders, the soldiers will ”. This quote is often attributed to Frederic Bastiat. Unfortunately, no credible documentation has confirmed that he did. However, it appears that the concise statement is correct.
In the renewable energies sector, Germany is having a harder time exporting than expected. However, with the right strategy, the negative trend can be stopped.
Attracting foreign investment is a key component of many countries’ economic development strategies. AR/VR solutions can help the process by providing engaging storytelling tools, helping to visualize potential investments, and reducing the need for in-person meetings and site visits.
The German economy relies on exports more than many other comparable economies. This presents great opportunities, but also increasing risks, for example because the German economy has recently been feeling the effects of crises that have frequently occurred abroad.
To enable South Africans to rebuild as quickly and strongly as possible, the government must implement pro-economic freedom reforms that will ease the flow of goods and services and encourage capital formation and investment.
The number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have increased markedly over the last decade, with many addressing market openness and rule-making for services trade. Recent RTAs removes, on average, 10 to 40 percent of services restrictions present in the multilateral regime.
President Ramaphosa recently announced that the Transnet National Ports Authority will become an independent subsidiary of Transnet, and will be wholly owned by it. But more still needs to be done.
The most recent attempts to reform public procurement have essentially failed. A series of implementing ministerial decrees and determining ANAC which, despite some aspects (e.g. the drafting from a Soft Law perspective), have ensured that the entire regulatory framework has remained incomplete, especially for the innovative part it wanted to express.
The focus of this report is to analyze the economic and innovation potential of the GBA project in the context of recent global trends and to examine synergies with the Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay Area that might facilitate collaboration beyond the longstanding relationships the region already enjoys with China and with Hong Kong in particular.