Trade and industrialisation
Public sentiment in many countries has turned against globalisation in recent years. However, evidence shows that trade and industrialisation are essential to growth in developing countries. Our work looks at the benefits and costs of trade and the barriers to accessing these benefits.
Doing Special Economic Zones right: A policy framework
Synthesis paper
Video: Inclusive growth in Uganda
Video
Trade: A summary of IGC research
Organisation document
Incentives in support of agriculture in the East African Community
Blog
Increasing investment through organisational change
Case study
Growth brief: Harnessing FDI for job creation and industrialisation in Africa
Growth brief
Mapping industrialisation in Africa
Case study
Guidance on 'One-District, One Factory'
Project
Driving domestic investment: FDI use and source matter
Blog
Rwanda’s export challenge
Blog
The promises and challenges of special economic zones
Blog
Regional trade agreements in Africa: Success or failure?
Blog
What South Sudan will gain from joining the East African Community
Blog
The multiplier effect of Mozambique’s natural gas discovery and FDI bonanza
Blog
Learning from Thilawa Special Economic Zone
Policy brief
Maximising the impact of FDI on domestic industrial capabilities and job creation
Policy brief
Improving Uganda’s trade performance to spur economic growth
Policy brief
Developing Sierra Leone's AGOA response strategy
Project
Beyond borders: Making transport work for African trade
Growth brief
Who's getting globalised? Intra-national trade costs and world price pass-through in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Project
Responding to the US threat to remove AGOA preferences - Uganda
Project
The Enterprise Map Series
Project
Trade, EAC and WTO accession: Pro-growth options
Project
Intra-national trade costs and economic isolation
Blog