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What would be the economic effects of the UK leaving the European Union on living standards of British people? We focus on the effects of trade on welfare net of lower fiscal transfers to the EU. We use a standard quantitative static general equilibrium trade model with multiple sectors, countries and intermediates, as in Costinot and Rodriguez-Clare (2013). Static losses range between 1.13% and 3.09% of GDP, depending on the assumptions used in our counterfactual scenarios. Including dynamic effects could more than double such losses.
This paper considers the trend towards megaregionalism (TTIP, TPP) that became prominent in the trade domain in the last years of the Obama administration. While megaregionalism has fallen by the wayside since Trump’s inauguration, the underlying rationale for such treaties will most likely reassert itself rather soon. So there are structural issues that need to be discussed from a standpoint of global justice. In all likelihood, megaregionalism is detrimental to global justice. TTIP in particular, or anything like it, might derail any possibility for a trade organization to aid the pursuit of justice at the global level, and any possibility that trade will be used to that end. From the standpoint of global justice one must hope that megaregionalism does not replace WTO multilateralism. The global-justice framework used here is the grounds-of-justice approach offered in the author’s 2012 On Global Justice.
Recent trade negotiations such as TTIP include investor protection clauses. Against the background of an analysis of the case for trade, the paper asks whether such clauses can be justified from a normative perspective. More specifically, what is the impact of investor protection on the domestic distribution of the gains from trade between labour and capital, and how should we assess this impact from the perspective of justice? In order to answer this question, the paper develops a series of ideal-type scenarios that reflect the consequences of investor protection on employment on the one hand, and on the distributive conflict between labour and capital on the other. While no claim is made which of these scenarios corresponds to TTIP or other trade agreements, they provide a useful normative framework to analyse such agreements.
Índice Prefácio, Um Caminho para a Antropologia 011 Capítulo I, As Problemáticas da Pesquisa 031 Capítulo II, As Mulheres no Conhecimento Etnológico da Guiné-Bissau 075 Capítulo III, Metodologia e Trabalho de Campo 111 Capítulo IV, Um Olhar sobre a Guiné-Bissau 155 Capítulo V, O Habitat – Bissau e os seus Moradores 205 Capítulo VI, Bianda e Mafé – Homens e Mulheres no Comércio 289 Capítulo VII, Abotas e Mandjuandades – O Associativismo Feminino 415 Conclusão, Uma Cultura do Informal 507 Glossário 521 Anexos 531 A. Documentos Coloniais 533 B. Indicadores Demográficos, Sociais e Económicos da Guiné-Bissau. 543 C. Cartografia da Cidade de Bissau. 549 D. Ficha de Documentação Profissional das Bideiras 603 E. Dados sobre as Estruturas Associativas 605 F. Referências à Instabilidade Política e Social da Guiné-Bissau. 611 G. Entrevistas, Biografias e Técnicas Não-Verbais do Trabalho de Campo 623 H. Tipos de Peixe Comercializados em Bissau 635 Bibliografia 637
Soil frequently occurs as a contaminant on numerous sea, land and air transport pathways. It can carry unwanted invasive species, is widely recognized as a biosecurity risk, and is usually strictly regulated by biosecurity authorities. However, little is known about relative risk levels between pathways, thus authorities have limited capability to identify and target the riskiest soil pathways for management. We conducted a an experiment to test the hypotheses that biosecurity risks from soil organisms will increase both with declining transport duration and with increasing protection from environmental extremes. Soil was collected from two sites, a native forest remnant and an orchard, and stored on, in and under sea containers, or in cupboards, and assayed after 0, 3, 6 and 12 months for bacteria, fungi, nematodes and seeds. Results showed that viability of Pseudomonas spp., bacteria, nematodes and plants declined over 12 months, irrespective of soil source. Also, mortality of most biota was higher when exposed to sunlight, moisture and desiccation than when protected. However, bacterial and fungal numbers were higher in exposed environments, possibly due to ongoing colonization of exposed soil by airborne propagules. The results were consistent with our observations of organisms in soil intercepted from airports and sea ports, and indicated there is potential to rank risks from transported soils based partly on transport duration and environmental exposure. This would help authorities to optimally allocate management resources according to pathway-specific risks.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (here without authors) Introduction 1. Em Busca dos Sítios do Poder na África Centro Ocidental. Homens e Caminhos, Exércitos e Estradas (1483-1915) 2. The Supply and Deployment of Horses in Angolan Warfare (17th and 18th Centuries) 3. Wagon Technology, Transport and Long-distance Communication in Angola 1885-1908 4. Trade, Slavery, and Migration in the Interior of Benguela: The Case of Caconda, 1830-1870 5. The Economics of the Kwango Rubber Trade, c. 1900 6. As Vias de Comunicação e Meios de Transporte como Factores de Globalização, de Estabilidade Política e de Transformação Económica e Social: Caso do Caminho-de-ferro de Bengela (Benguela) (1889-1950) 7. Nas Malhas da Rede: Aspectos do impacto económicoe social do transporte rodoviário na região do Huambo c. 1920-c. 1960 8. Communications between Angola and East Central Africa Before c. 1700 9. Long-distance Caravans and Communication beyond the Kwango (c. 1850-1890) 10. A Escrita em Angola: Comunicação e Ruído entre as Diferentes Sociedades em Presença 11. Escrever o Poder: Os Autos de Vassalagem e a Vulgarização da Escrita entre as Elites Africanas Ndembu 12. Do Passado ao Presente: Tráfego Comercial e Redes de Comunicação, Factores Privilegiados de “Modernidade” 13. Refugees on Routes. Congo / Zaire and the War in Northern Angola (1961-1974) 14. Crossing the River: Myth and Movement in Central Africa 15. From Group Mobility to Individual Movement: The Colonial Effort to Turn Back History Notes on Contributors
TEIL I. ZUR GESCHICHTE EINER EUROPÄISCHEN ANNÄHERUNG 1. Wahrnehmungsblockaden: Das Stereotyp vom „unberührten“ Afrika 15 2. Das „schwarze Gesindel“ der Forschungsreisenden 25 3. Hundert Jahre danach: historische Rekonstruktionen und Deutungen 37 TEIL II. BIOGRAPHISCHE SKIZZEN 1. Die Bezerra-Familie 55 2. Germano de José Maria 78 3. Carvalhos Träger aus Luanda 87 4. Paulo Mujingá Congo und seine Karawanen 95 5. Der Chokwe-Häuptling Quipoco und seine Familie 103 6. Einige Mbangala-Karawanen zur Zeit von Carvalho: Quinguri, Madamba, Muteba, Quinzaje, Quingonga und Ambumba 109 7. Politische und kommerzielle Missionen der Lunda: Tâmbu, Toca Muvumo, Andundo, Muteba und Noéji Caúanga 123 8. Paulo Coimbra, genannt Mussili, und seine Vorfahren 137 TEIL III. HANDEL, FORSCHUNG UND KOMMUNIKATION IM WESTICHEN ZENTRALAFRIKA 1. Schwarze „Weiße“: die Ambakisten 155 2. Die Karawanen 175 3. Waren und Wege 199 4. Karawanenalltag 233 5. Trägerkarawanen: Das „Internet“ des 19. Jahrhunderts 253 ANHANG 1. Max Buchners Expeditionsgepäck 1879 275 2. Mwant Yav in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts 287 3. Lokalisierung einiger Stationen von Carvalhos Lunda-Expedition 1884–1888 nach seinen Messungen 288 4. Glossar der im Text verwendeten afrikanischen und luso-afrikanischen Begriffe 290 Bibliographie 296 Orts- und Namensregister 308