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

Biofuels in Eastern Africa: dangers yes, but much potential as well

Publication - Briefing papers - 28 September 2011

ODI Project Briefings 66

Steve Wiggins, Jodie Keane, Jane Kennan, Henri Leturque and Christopher Stevens

This Project Briefing explores biofuel production in four countries in Eastern Africa - Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania. It examines major investments, the potential to produce feedstock, and policies in place to foster and regulate the industry.

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The G-20 and financial inclusion: perspectives and suggestions from developing countries of the Commonwealth and Francophonie

Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 June 2011

Dirk Willem te Velde; Isabella Massa; Jane Kennan; Christian Kingombe

The Commonwealth and Francophonie represent more than 100 countries and 2.5 billion people. The association countries provide excellent examples of best practice from which many other developing countries and regions may be able to learn, so the two associations and the G20 are natural partners in promoting financial inclusion.

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Development at the G-20: a Commonwealth role in facilitating, implementing and monitoring, with a focus on Commonwealth small states

Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 June 2011

Dirk Willem te Velde; Isabella Massa; Jane Kennan; Christian Kingombe

This paper aims to conceptualise the development agenda at the G-20 from a perspective which takes into account the vulnerabilities and resilience of Commonwealth small states, which have different development priorities from other types of developing countries.

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Poverty impact of changing the graduation threshold in the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) trade scheme

Projects - May 2011 to September 2011

The May 2011 European Commission proposals for the next phase of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) aim to remove preferences from highly competitive states that do not need them, to create space would be created in the market for weaker developing country exporters. This research tests the validity of this hypothesis. It identifies the countries that would be excluded entirely from the GSP under the Commission’s proposal, and then assesses the likelihood that least developed and low-income states could increase their exports as a result of the change. Finally, it undertakes eight case studies in areas where a shift in the pattern of imports favourable to poor countries appears most likely.

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Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform and development

Publication - Research reports and studies - 14 May 2011

Nicola Cantore, Jane Kennan, Sheila Page

This paper considers how options for European Union’s (EU’s) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform might affect development and suggests a range of activities that might be helpful to gain a better understanding of how the CAP, and its reform, may affect development.

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