Jane Kennan

Research Officer, International Economic Development Group

Jane specialises in the analysis of trade and related statistical data in order to support studies of trade policy. She has undertaken research for a wide range of clients, including the UK Department for International Development, the EU Commission, the European Parliament, the Netherlands Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Development Assistance, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the South African National Treasury and Department of Trade and Industry, the Andean Group Secretariat, the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery, and the governments of Colombia, Mauritius, Moldova and Ukraine.

Outputs

South-South Trade in Special Products

Projects - December 2006 to March 2007

ICTSD is implementing under its Agricultural programme a project which seeks to analyse South–South trade and proposed flexibilities for agricultural ‘Special Projects’, which are regarded as important in advancing the sustainable development goals of food security and rural development. The project entails a research study that brings empirical evidence on South–South trade by providing information on the main developing country exporters and importers, the main products that are traded, and the main trends. It uses this information to identify the importance for South–South trade of the products which appear most likely to be designated as Special Products. Any notable barriers to trade in these products are also flagged. Though the analysis does not identify any ‘magic bullets’, it helps to narrow considerably the main areas of potential contention of Special Products so that they may be resolvable through a limited number of bilateral negotiations.

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Creating Development Friendly Rules of Origin in the EU

Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 November 2006

Christopher Stevens, Michael Gasiorek and Jedrzej Chwiejczak and Jane Kennan

This report summarises the findings from a study, funded by the Netherlands Ministry for Development Cooperation, on how the current review of the EU rules of origin can be used to benefit developing countries and, in particular, the least developed.1 The study provides two closely related perspectives on the subject. One analyses specific trade flows and industries; the other is a formal modelling exercise.

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Hypothetical EPAs for SADC and ESA regions

Projects - November 2006 to April 2007

This study provides an analysis of the potential impact on SADC regionalism of two scenarios: in both of them, those SADC countries that are negotiating as part of the ESA group are assumed to adopt an EPA that approximates to the current ESA guidelines; in one of the two scenarios it is assumed that all of the SADC minus countries adopt an EPA reciprocity scenario based upon the work ODI has done already done for Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS); in the second scenario it is assumed that BLNS adopt this scenario but that Angola, Mozambique and Tanzania do not change their import policies towards the EU. Consultant will seek to establish, under both scenarios, the extent to which the adoption of the hypothesised import regime vis à vis the EU affects their implementation of the SADC trade protocol.

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Study on the Development of EPA Market Access Strategies – Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland

Projects - January 2003 to December 2003

This work is feeding into the preparations being made by a group of SADC states by for their negotiations with the EU of an EPA.

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Exploring the impact, effectiveness and future of Aid for Trade

Projects

Aid for Trade (AfT) accounts for about a third of all overseas development assistance. ODI has been engaged in shaping its direction since before the launch in 2005 to help developing countries improve their trade capacity and address the impact of trade preference erosion.

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