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Ben Shepherd

  • Principal
  • Developing Trade Consultants

Roles

Researchers

Ben Shepherd is the Principal of Developing Trade Consultants Ltd. His work with international organizations and development agencies focuses on trade facilitation, trade in services, non-tariff measures, and governance. He holds a PhD in economics from SciencesPo Paris, and was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University.

Projects

Regional economic spillovers from the South Sudanese civil war: Evidence from formal and informal cross border trade

Jakob Rauschendorfer, Ben Shepherd
Project

Competitiveness analysis of the Rwanda textile industry

Ben Shepherd, Anna Twum 31 Aug 2019
Project

Identifying pathways to economic development through India’s South-South knowledge transfers & exchange: evidence from cotton apparel in Tanzania

Ben Shepherd, André Castro, Amrita Saha, Daniele Guariso 31 Aug 2019
Project

Review of Rwanda's industrial policy

Ben Shepherd, Anna Twum 31 Aug 2018
Project

Reform of the EAC Common External Tariff

Ben Shepherd, Jaime de Melo, Ritwika Sen
Project

Improving export performance in Uganda

Ben Shepherd 31 Oct 2016
Project

Services, firm performance, and exports

Bernard Hoekman, Ben Shepherd 31 Dec 2015
Project

All contributions

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Industrialising Africa

Industrialising Africa: The role of services

Ben Shepherd
Blog
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Regional economic spillovers from the South Sudanese civil war: Evidence from formal and informal cross border trade

Jakob Rauschendorfer, Ben Shepherd
Working paper
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Technology demand and the role of South-South trade in Tanzania’s textiles and apparel: Examining linkages with India

Amrita Saha, Daniele Guariso, André Castro, Ben Shepherd
Project report

Tanzania’s textiles and apparel: Technology demand and the role of South-South trade

Amrita Saha, André Castro, Ben Shepherd, Daniele Guariso
Blog
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Review of industrial policy in Rwanda: Data review, comparative assessment, and discussion points

Ben Shepherd, Anna Twum
Project report
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Reform of the EAC Common External Tariff: Evidence from trade costs

Ben Shepherd, Jaime de Melo, Ritwika Sen
Working paper
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Uganda: Improving export performance (Policy paper)

Ben Shepherd
Policy brief
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Uganda: Improving export performance (policy note)

Ben Shepherd
Policy brief

Workshop on trade, FDI and regional value chains in Uganda

12 December 2016 Protea Hotel, Kampala (Uganda)
Past Event
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Services trade policies in the East African Community and merchandise exports

Bernard Hoekman, Ben Shepherd
Policy brief
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Services, firm performance, and exports: The case of the East African Community

Bernard Hoekman, Ben Shepherd
Working paper

Reducing trade costs

Bernard Hoekman, Ben Shepherd
Blog