Greening Trade through Global Value Chains in Africa

The global response to climate change necessitates that less developed economies adapt and maximize new potential export opportunities in global trade...
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Approximating the First order Effects of AfCFTA Tariff Reductions on CO2 Emissions

This paper explores the likely effects of tariff reductions under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions....
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Firm Volatility in an Era of Global Value Chain: The Role of Product Quality

It is widely recognized that trade and volatility are intricately linked, which has led to a large literature that examines the nature of such relatio...
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Assessing the Role of Innovation in Cameroonian Firms’ Participation in Global Value Chains

This study aims to contribute to the empirical literature on the drivers of Cameroonian firms’ participation in Global Value Chains (GVCs) by examin...
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Job Impacts of Global Value Chains: Firm-Level Evidence from Cameroon

Today, almost 50% of the world trade involves Global Value Chains (GVCs). New technologies entering GVCs participating firms’ exports are skill-bias...
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Trade in Business Services’ Booms: The Case of Ghana.

This paper analyzes the growth of trade in business services with a particular focus on Ghana. This country has experienced the fastest and most impor...
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GVCPs in Zimbabwe’s Critical Sectors in the Face of Environmental Pollution and Climate Change: The Case of Agriculture and Mining Sectors

This study analyses global value chain participation (GVCP) in Zimbabwe’s two critical sectors of agriculture and mining in the face of environm...
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