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

The Brazil nut value chain in the northern Amazon region of Bolivia

Publication - Research reports and studies - 7 December 2009

Jodie Keane with Alberto Lemma and Jane Kennan based on an original study by Osvaldo Nina and Pablo Von Vacano

This is an assessment of the impact of Brazil nut cultivation on the labour market and poverty in a region of Bolivia with few other economic alternatives.

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The Global Downturn and Trade Prospects for Small States

Publication - Briefing papers - 31 July 2009

Commonwealth Trade Hot Topics 62

Massimiliano Calí with Jane Kennan

This paper sheds some light on the actual and possible effects of the global economic crisis on trade in small states, specifically focusing on the 32 states classified as such within the Commonwealth.

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The global financial crisis and developing countries: Synthesis of the findings of 10 country case studies

Publication - Discussion papers - 3 June 2009

ODI Working Papers 306

Various authors

The Overseas Development Institute has coordinated a 10-country study on the effects of the global financial crisis and country level policy responses in Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Cambodia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia.

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The implications of the global financial crisis for developing countries' export volumes and values

Publication - Discussion papers - 3 June 2009

ODI Working Papers 305

Mareike Meyn and Jane Kennan

Industrialised countries are in their deepest recession since World War II and the resultant slump in demand has already seriously affected commodity prices. Global growth rates have been revised downwards and there is ample evidence that the financial crisis has reduced global demand for developing country products, thus reducing their export revenue.

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Global Financial Crisis Preliminary Synthesis of Ten Draft Country Reports

Publication - Research reports and studies - 6 April 2009

Dirk Willem te Velde, Massimiliano Cali, Jodie Keane, Jane Kennan, Isabella Massa, Anna McCord, Mareike Meyn, Milo Vandemoortele and case study contributors from 10 countries

The Overseas Development Institute is coordinating a 10 country study examining the effects of the global financial crisis and discussing policy implications. While our previous research has indicated the main transmission belts (trade, private capital flows, remittances, aid), the research finds that different countries are being affected differently.

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