Seminars

ECOWAS COMMON EXTERNAL TARIFFS (CET): THE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR

By

A. S. BANKOLE Ph. D

Trade Policy Research and Training Programme (TPRTP)

University of Ibadan,

Ibadan, Nigeria

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The purpose of this presentation is to corroborate or refute the fears about the possible negative implications of the ECOWAS Common External Tariffs on the Nigerian manufacturing sector. Nigeria adopted a modified ECOWAS CET on October 1, 2005. Modified because Nigeria implemented a five band CET instead of the four bands by other ECOWAS countries then.

 

  

 

 

TPRTP SEMINAR SERIES

WDI Database Made Easy: Stacking Variables of Many Countries for Panel Analysis in 30 Minutes

Afolabi E. Olowookere

April 10, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

WDI Database Made Easy: Stacking Variables of Many Countries for Panel Analysis in 30 Minutes.

By

Afolabi E. Olowookere

Introduction

The WDI database (Ms Excel format) is stacked over variables and countries and since there are about 243 countries and 1260 variables, there are over 200,000 rows which a user has to navigate through in order to obtain the needed data. This process can be tasking; besides, the user who is interested in a multi-country analysis still has the duty of re-stacking these variables into a format amenable to panel analysis. Hence, the objective of this seminar is to show how this arduous process can simplified via the application of some time and task management techniques. During this seminar, other functions can be learnt.

Participants are expected to have basic knowledge of Ms Excel and STATA software and they should have WDI data on their systems.

April 10, 2012

 

 

Research Initiatives

 

 

Advisory Services Research for Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations
Contracting Organisation:
International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP), Toronto, Canada
Title of Project:
• Fiscal and trade implications of an EPA agreement on Non-agricultural market Access
• Institutional and Legal Aspects of ECOWAS & UEMOA
• Rules of Origin
• fiscal and trade implications of an EPA agreement on Agriculture
• Bilateral, Regional and Multilateral Trading Arrangement in West Africa
• Trade, Trade Policy, Development and Poverty
Year of Completion: 2003
Geographical focus: West Africa/ECOWAS

RBA Trade Capacity Development for Poverty Reduction and Human Development for Sub Saharan Africa
Contracting Organisation:
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Title of Project:
• Coherence of Objectives, Strategies and modalities in the Negotiation of bilateral, regional and multilateral Trade Agreements involving sub-Saharan Africa
• Market Access, Competitiveness and African Exports Supply Response Capacity
Geographical focus: Nigeria, Africa

Services/Agric/NAMA
Contracting Organisation: ILEAP
Year of Completion: 2006
Geographical focus: Nigeria

Commonwealth Investment
Contracting Organisation: Commonwealth Secretariat
Year of Completion: 2006
Geographical focus: West Africa

Export SS Capacity
Contracting Organisation: AERC
Year of Completion: 2010
Geographical focus: Nigeria

China-Nigeria Study
Contracting Organisation: AERC
Year of Completion: 2009
Geographical focus: Nigeria

China-Nigeria Dissemination Workshop
Contracting Organisation: AERC
Title of Project: Dissemination & Training
Year of Completion: 2009
Geographical focus: Nigeria

 

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