This study explores the impact of trade policies on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Windhoek, Namibia. Despite SMEs’ critical role in Namibia's economy, contributing significantly to employment and GDP, their high failure rates remain…
Au niveau international, supranational et national, les migrations stimulent en permanence le développement du droit dans une optique de gouvernance de la mobilité humaine et de l'intégration des migrants. La recherche d'un équilibre entre les…
We use unique enterprise survey data to explore the export behavior of firms in Tunisia, a small, trade-dependent country with a complex policy environment regarding exporting. Firms may export directly or indirectly through intermediaries, and can…
This study disentangles the relationship between GVC participation and the technical efficiency of SMEs in Vietnam. We combine panel data obtained from the GSO Enterprise Census survey of SMEs in Vietnam including 567,866 enterprises observations…
This paper examines the association between high-growth firm status and global linkages with special focus on the role of imports. We rely on a rich panel data covering all formal firms in Tunisia between 1999 and 2015. Our results show that firms…
The governments of South Africa and Tunisia launched a bilateral research project under the auspices of the ‘South Africa-Tunisia Science and Technology Collaboration’ initiative. The research project is aimed at identifying realistic and…
Links between the climate crisis and migration are intensifying in West Africa, where many people work in sectors vulnerable to climate-related extremes of weather and sea level rise. As climate change intensifies, it is threatening livelihoods,…
This research project is focused on the following key activities:
a) The development of an approach to investigate and identify the most realistic export opportunities for exporters and importers between South Africa and Tunisia;
b)…
This study develops and tests a structural model that incorporates the determinants of SME financial performance in Mauritius. Data were collected from 384 tourism SME owners using a structured questionnaire. The results indicate that managerial…
Une équipe constituée de deux UMR IRD (Développement et sociétés et LEDA) et une institution partenaire tunisienne (l'ESSEC Tunis) ont reçu un arbitrage positif dans le cadre de l'appel à projet flash lancé par l'ANRS en avril dernier…