Global openness and trade regionalism of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development
Africa ; Development ; International trade ; Partnership ; Regional economy ; Regionalism ; Trade policy
Post-independence Africa is riddled with failed skeletons of development initiatives. Trade regionalism offered the potential for Africa’s economic renewal on the presumption that it would consolidate intra-African and extra-continental exports
. However, the NEPAD trade regionalism has tended to perpetuate the importation colonial production structure and external trade relations. - (AJC)
Foreign trade commodity flows across the eastern boundary of Poland
Export ; Importation ; International trade ; Poland ; Regional economy ; Trans-border area
The paper presents the characterisation of turnover in foreign trade across the Polish segment of Eastern boundary of the European Union. On the basis of data from the Ministry of Finance the variability was analysed of the volume of foreign trade
in the years 2005 and 2007, considering different state borders, border crossing points and directions of trade. These considerations have been broadened by the analysis of the unregistered turnover of the peri-border trade, this analysis being based
Commodity flow ; Development ; International trade ; Mining resources ; Raw materials ; Sugar
The eight articles deal with the global commodity trade in times of crises, the causes and consequences of mining boom in Australia, the trading mineral commodities of South America, the mineral commodities in Southeast Asia (for example the tin
production in Malaysia and Indonesia), the question of wood as a commodity of the future, the cross-borders trade with secondary raw materials, the case of the global sugar market and a documentation of human mobility and development. - (IfL)
Cross-border socio-economic impact of gas terminal projects in the Gulf of Trieste and at Žavlje/Zaule on the Slovenian tourist trade
is an expert assessment of the cross-border impact of the LNG terminals on the Slovenian tourist trade. In the discussion section, the mitigating measures are specified which could contribute to reduce the impact. - (L'A.).
Environment ; Environmental degradation ; Food production ; Industry ; International trade ; Pollution ; Production system ; Resource management ; Value chain ; World market
The nine articles deal with the concepts, findings and problems of global trade and the environment, the concept for linking economy, environment and geography (called ecological Rucksack), the question of shifting environmental burden to the poor
, the environment pollution case (for example cromiumsulfate production in North India), the conflict of crude oil pipeline in rainforest of Cameroon and the added value chains of fruit and vegetable trade (for example the German Kenyan project). - (IfL)
The regional impact of trade liberalization in a model with congestion costs à la Helpman
Asymmetry ; Inter-regional trade flow ; International trade ; Liberalisation ; Regional economy ; Spatial distribution ; Stock of real estate ; Theory ; Working population
Bavaria ; Commercial infrastructure ; Germany ; Impact ; Inner city ; Retail trade ; Shopping centre
The article deals with the structures of trade in case study Erlangen. The author analyzes the location structures and the effects of macro level, of micro level and the owner managed retail. In summary the opening of the “Arcaden” has affirmative