2019: Changes in the GSP regulation, graduation, preferences, and Rules of Origin. The report investigates the impact of changes in the GSP regulation no. 978/2012 with a focus on the graduation of countries from the scheme, the role of preferences, and Rules of Origin.
Output: Report
2019: Restrictiveness of Services Trade Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals. The paper offers a conceptual assessment of the role of services for SDGs as well an empirical test of the relationship between services trade policy regimes and access to services, an aspect which is particularly important for the attainment of SDGs.
Output: Paper and blog post; Commissioned by: Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
2019: Trade Facilitation and Services in the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Output: Policy brief; Commissioned by: Copenhagen Consensus Center
2018-2019: The impact of services trade restrictiveness on the productivity of manufacturing sectors in East Asia. The book chapter offers a quantification of the productivity effects of removing all restrictions to services trade and investment for downstream manufacturing sectors in 10 countries in the East Asia region including 8 members of RCEP.
Ouput: Book chapter; Commissioned by: Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
2018: Government demand and firm performance: New evidence for Sub-Saharan African countries.
Output: Report; Financed by: International Growth Centre (IGC)
2017-2018: Trade Liberalization, Infrastructure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Ethiopia. The research investigates the joint role of trade liberalization and road infrastructure development for firm productivity.
Output: Paper and policy brief; Financed by: International Growth Centre (IGC)
2017-2018: Trends in Connectivity-Related Policy Indicators for Europe and Central Asia.
Output: Chapter and empirical material for report. Commissioned by: the World Bank, Office of the Chief Economist for Europe and Central Asia (ECA)
2017: The EU's Market Access Strategy: Does it reach its main goals?
Output: Report; Commissioned by: European Parliament
2017: The UK and Developing Countries: A deeper look at issues surrounding Trade in Services and Free Trade Agreements.
Output: Report; Commissioned by: UK Department for International Development (DFID), coordinated by the UK Trade Policy Observatory at the University of Sussex
2016-2017: Services Trade Policy, Domestic Regulation and Economic Governance.
Output: Paper; Financed by: ECFIN fellowship initiative
2016: The impact of trade in services on the productivity of exporting firms in East African countries.
Output: Paper; Commissioned by: International Growth Centre (IGC)
2015-2016: Services and Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Approach.
Output: Report; Commissioned by: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
2014: Global value chains and regional trade opportunities. Main themes of the report are EIF's strategy to support participation by LDCs in international value chains; to leverage regional trade opportunities; and to work with the private sector.
Output: Report; Commissioned by: Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) for Trade-related Technical Assistance for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
2014: The UK, LDCs and the WTO Services Waiver. Review of a project assessing the scope for preferential market access treatment of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) under the auspices of the WTO Services Waiver.
Output: Advisory services; Commissioned by: UK Trade Advisory Facility