Tag: Investment
Obama Urges Trade, Investment to Support Arab Spring; U.S. Scores Not so Hot
5/19/11
One passage in President Obama's Middle East speech today caught my attention:
Market Access for the Poor: Kimberly Ann Elliott on Trade Preference Reform
3/16/10
This week, I’m joined on the Global Prosperity Wonkcast by Kimberly Ann Elliott, a senior fellow here at the Center for Global Development. Kim’s research focuses on ways in which rich country trade policy affects the developing world.
Benchmarking America: The 2009 Commitment to Development Index
10/22/09
Congratulations to Sweden for ranking first in CGD’s 2009 Commitment to Development Index (CDI) for the first time since the creation of the Index in 2003. The United States, meanwhile, manages only a meager 17th place among the 22 wealthy countries ranked.
How to Travel Africa On the Cheap
5/20/02
U2 Front Man Bono and US Treasury Front Man Paul O’Neill may have had a few differences during their Africa tour, but they clearly agree that Africa needs increased market opportunities.
How much opportunity in the African Growth and Opportunity Act?
5/20/02
AGOA took effect January 2001 to allow qualifying sub-Saharan African countries to export qualifying goods duty free to the US. The act was expressly designed to "increase trade and investment between the USA and SSA." The evidence over the short time since it was enacted reveals that: