In late 2008 the world was at a dangerous point. Governments and central banks had just about stopped the bleeding in their financial systems following ...

The world has now faced the most severe global economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Governments have responded to the crisis with many ...

The Seventh Report of Global Trade Alert, drawing upon over 1200 investigations of state measures, reveals that while 2010 has seen a substantial recovery ...

In the first decade of the new millennium, Tanzania's gross domestic product doubled in real terms, making it one of the handful of sub-Saharan economies ...

This report presents a set of concrete proposals of increasing ambition for the reform of the international monetary system. The proposals aim at improving ...

The world trade system is at a fork in history's road, and WTO members cannot avoid making a choice. Published ahead of the 2011 meeting in Geneva, this ...

This volume seeks to facilitate, and in the process develop methodologies for, rigorous impact evaluation of trade-related interventions.

When the investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in late 2008, the news sent shockwaves across the global economy. The drop in confidence ...

This book provides the first ever comprehensive overview of firms in Rwanda's agribusiness and manufacturing sectors.

The global financial crisis of 2008/9 is the Great Depression of the 21st century. For many though, the similarities stop at the Wall Street Crash as the ...