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

Bangladesh: Case Study for the MDG Gap Task Force Report

Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 April 2010

Jodie Keane, Jane Kennan, Massimiliano Cali, Isabella Massa and Dirk Willem te Velde

This paper discusses and reviews progress of Bangladesh towards reaching Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 8 (A global partnership for development).

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Climate change and developing country agriculture: an overview of expected impacts, adaptation and mitigation challenges, and funding requirements

Publication - Discussion papers - 31 December 2009

International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council Issue Briefs 2

Jodie Keane, Sheila Page, Jane Kenan, Alpha Kergna

Current available and proposed mitigation finance remains considerably lower than the projected costs of mitigation in developing countries. This paper discusses the possibility of linking Aid for Trade and aid directed at mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change on agricultural production in developing countries.

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Organic banana cultivation and fair trade in Peru

Publication - Research reports and studies - 7 December 2009

Jodie Keane with Alberto Lemma and Jane Kennan based on an original study by Alan Fairlie Reinoso

This is an analysis of the impact of organic and fair trade certification on banana producers and organisations in a relatively disadvantaged area of Peru.

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The wood product value chain in Central America: Honduras and Nicaragua

Publication - Research reports and studies - 7 December 2009

Jodie Keane with Alberto Lemma and Jane Kennan based on an original study by Welbin Romero

This analysis highlights the failure of two Central American countries with very different enabling environments (Honduras and Nicaragua) to develop their infant wooden furniture industries .

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Rural community-based tourism in Central America

Publication - Research reports and studies - 7 December 2009

Jodie Keane with Alberto Lemma and Jane Kennan based on an original study by Francisco Perez, Welbin Romero, O. Barrera and A. Palaez

This case study evaluates the outcomes of rural community-based tourism in Nicaragua (five communities) and Guatemala (four communities), as an alternative to more mainstream tourist development.

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