What Should SWIFT and Small, Open Economies Respond to the Changing Political Economy of Global Payment’s Systems?
Tue, Oct 28, 2025 | 3:28 pm
What Should Small Open Economies Like Kenya Do?
SWIFT is a club good. It is non-rivalrous because it cannot be used up ...
What are the Estimated Effects of US Tariff Hikes?
Mon, Oct 13, 2025 | 10:33 am
Chart 1: Average US Tariff Rate, 1927 - 2025
Source: Paul Krugman, Budget Lab at Yale
This chart from the USITC and ...
Who Wins in the Rules Based International Trading System?
Wed, Oct 8, 2025 | 3:12 pm
This blog post explores the benefits that have accrued to the world due to the rules based international trading system and explains ...
Assessing Kenya’s Balance of Payments Position From The Year 2019 to 2023
Mon, Sep 1, 2025 | 1:07 pm
Introduction
The Balance of Payments (BoP) is an identity that accounts for the state of two important accounts and two less significant ...
What a Chinese Citizen Should have Asked Kenya’s President and his Large Retinue
Tue, May 13, 2025 | 1:03 pm
Introduction
In the week of 21st April, 2025, Kenya’s executive made a visit to China, ostensibly to search for solutions for Kenya’s ...
Commercial Shipping and Seabourne Trade Policy Handbook: The Red Sea Crisis
Wed, May 29, 2024 | 6:29 pm
The Houthi’s are Yemeni political actors. The Houthis, and Somali pirates have been launching direct kinetic attacks on shipping assets. The Houthi’s ...
What is the State of the Global Trade Integrated Circuits: Controllers and Processors? Part 2
Mon, Apr 3, 2023 | 11:17 am
Introduction
Integrated circuits with controllers and processors are intermediate products. These products are purchased by manufacturers who use them as inputs for ...
What is the State of the Global Trade in Integrated Circuits?
Wed, Mar 29, 2023 | 9:30 am
Introduction
Integrated circuits are intermediate products. The direct consumers of integrated circuits manufacture final goods ranging from consumer electronics to aircraft. Indirect ...
How China Escaped The Poverty Trap (Part 6)
Thu, Nov 24, 2022 | 12:33 pm
What Are Six Policy Lessons that Prof. Yuen Yuen Ang Thinks China’s Experience has Offered the World?
Yuen Yuen Ang identifies six ...
