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Trade in Romania: What’s local in a single market?
Written by Corina Murafa
The strawberry season started late this year in Romania as the winter has been long and damp. A couple of days ago I went to the market next to my house and struck up a conversation with the strawberry seller. He was praising the fruit: “They’re grown in Romania, madam. […]
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Nepal’s Unproductive Migrants
Written by Bhumika Ghimire
Discussion on migration in the Nepali context is more often focused on the economic aspect. Looking at how much the country relies on remittances received from migrant laborers, this may not seem so strange. In his post in the UK Guardian on what motivates migrant workers, Jonathan Glennie remarked that: […]
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The 2013 Pakistan General Elections: Democracy wins the day
Written by Shahzeb Younis
Right after the 2013 general elections ended in Pakistan, people took to the streets and social media with slogans like: “Where are our free and fair elections?”, “We want new elections in Karachi”, and the most popular one, “They told me to go home because my vote was cast already!”. […]
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Estatalizar la industria: la respuesta boliviana a la falta de mercados libres
Written by Lucia Querejazu
Abstract: Since the closing in 2008 of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act, ATPDEA, Bolivia’s textile industry has fallen to pieces. The biggest company of them all, Ametex, was the most visibly affected, reducing exportations to less than a half and thereby leaving thousands of workers unemployed. […]
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Women’s Entrepreneurship : Tailored Dreams of Success in Ghana
Written by Monica Jeannormil
“Excuse me is your name Felicia?” I asked as I walked up to a young lady sitting at the entrance of the cramped workspace converted from a former shipping container. “No, Felicia is inside” she responded, pointing into the dimly lit box. “Hello Felicia, my name is Monica, we spoke […]
