International Trade, Politics and Development: Volume 7 Issue 2 , Open Access

Trade openness and working poverty: empirical evidences from developing countries

Hazera-Tun- Nessa, Katsushi S. Imai

Existence of working poverty reduces the effectiveness of the strategy of “increasing employment to reduce poverty”. Developed countries are already concerned about it but…

Impact of monetary policy on the macroeconomy under dollarization: evidence from the Lao PDR

Hail Park, Jong Chil Son, Wenbo Wang

This study empirically aims to analyze the transmission of monetary policy in consideration of asymmetry based on the Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL)'s monetary policy tools and real…

A retrospective evaluation of the intellectual structure of private agricultural and food standards research in global trade

Francis Lwesya, Justine Mbukwa

The aim of this article was to present a retrospective assessment of the intellectual structure of private agricultural and food standards research in global trade. This study was…

Trajectory of brain-drain and quality of work-life amongst Nigeria’s university lecturers: academic staff union of universities (ASUU) incessant strike in retrospect

Olusegun Emmanuel Akinwale, Owolabi Lateef Kuye, Olayombo Elizabeth Akinwale

Brain-drain insurgency has become pervasive amongst professionals and the last option for everyone in the country to realise a sustainable quality of work-life (QWL). All youths…

The exchange rate, income, trade openness and the trade balance: longitudinal panel analysis for selected SSA countries

Adamu Braimah Abille, Oytun Meçik

Motivated by recent rapid exchange rate depreciations, shrank economic growth, high inflation, and persistent trade deficits, this study examines the trade balance (TB) in the…