This study examines the influence of international trade on income inequality within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) by employing the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Panel Fixed Effects ...

Not so long ago, the argument over globalisation was seen as done and dusted—by parties of the left as much as of the right. Tony Blair’s 2005 Labour conference speech gives a flavour of the time. “I ...

The authors set out to use what economists can say with some certainty to find common ground in the great debates of our time, such as those about migration, trade, economic growth, climate, and ...

Why is trade conducted between countries? The short answer to that question is that "the exchange of goods and services between countries is mutually beneficial." The bottom line is "mutual benefits." ...

IN AUGUST 1960 Wolfgang Stolper, an American economist working for Nigeria’s development ministry, embarked on a tour of the country’s poor northern region, a land of “dirt and dignity”, long ruled by ...