Chinese Cross-Border Economic Activities in North Korea

2019 ◽  
pp. 73-109
Author(s):  
Bo Gao
Keyword(s):  
North Korea ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Cross Border

Reclaiming their socio-economic space in African culture : Shona Women Cross-Border Traders of Zimbabwe

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Enna Sukutai Gudhlanga
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Global South ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
African Woman ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Cross

The advent of colonialism relegated the traditional African woman to the fringes of the family and society through codified customary law. The Shona women of Zimbabwe were some of the worst affected as they were re-defined as housewives who had to rely on their husbands for the up-keep of the family. However, in as much as globalisation has been accused of having brought some crisis on the African continent and side-lined a significant number of indigenous players, for the African woman in the global south it has brought some form of re-awakening. Globalisation seems to have re-opened the avenues for Shona women and enabled them to re-negotiate their entry back into the economic activities of the family and the public sphere. Despite the general lack of interest in the activities of women and in the strategies used by the poor for survival, it is a known fact that Shona women have become a force to reckon with in terms of cross-border trading in Zimbabwe. This research was prompted by the general hub of activity at the country's borders before the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic and the predominance of women traders who traverse the borders but whose activities have either not attracted enough attention to get their work recognised, or simply because they are taken for granted. Despite such strides, women in the cross-border trading business have instead garnered a certain stigma around them to the extent that the magnitude of their work is largely unrecognised. Yet elsewhere, the significance of women in informal trade is well documented. This study argues that women have not been left out in the global arena of trade. Desai (2009) acknowledges that the global economic openings in the informal sector have afforded women the opportunity to become active players in the markets of the global South. It is the aim of this research to investigate how globalisation has influenced the nature of the activities of Shona women in the cross-border trading business in Zimbabwe and their impact on the social well-being of the family and the nation’s economy at large. The research is largely qualitative in nature. Purposively selected Shona female cross-border traders at the Gulf Complex and Copacabana Market in Harare were interviewed before the COVID pandemic. The study revealed that the transnational activities of these Zimbabwean women are more wide-spread than has been anticipated. The study also revealed that women are unrecognised pillars in the economy of Zimbabwe as reflected in their success stories that have benefited Zimbabwe as a country. The study was informed by Africana Womanist theory which is embedded in African culture with special leaning on Ubuntu/ Unhu philosophy which recognises the complementary roles and partnerships of both men and women in resolving society's challenges.

Moon’s legacy will last as his presidency winds down

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
North Korea ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Government

Significance Despite all this, his ruling Democratic Party (DP) has used its rare parliamentary majority to force through a raft of far-reaching legislation affecting politics, the economy and relations with North Korea. Impacts Labour and ‘fair economy’ legislation will increase costs for businesses. A third wave of COVID-19 -- the largest yet -- may finally force the government to impose a lockdown. Hopes that banning cross-border propaganda balloon launches by activists will lure Pyongyang back to engagement are unduly optimistic.

scholarly journals Integration in the Absence of Institutions: China-North Korea Cross-Border Exchange

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Noland ◽  
Stephan M. Haggard ◽  
Jennifer Lee
Keyword(s):  
North Korea ◽  
Cross Border

scholarly journals Malaysia-Thailand Cross Border Trade and Cross Border Special Economic Zone Potential: A Case Study of Rantau Panjang ­Sungai Kolok Cross Border Town

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Rahim Anuar ◽  
Azhar Harun
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Special Economic Zone ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Border Trade ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Economic Zone

Towns along the Malaysia-Thailand border have always been associated with backwardness and being low-income regions. This is mainly because policy development in these border regions is based more on defence and security rather than economic considerations. Economic structures and cross-border trade towns of Sg. Kolok (Narathiwat, Southern Thailand) and Rantau Panjang (Kelantan, Malaysia) were examined with the objective to measure cross-border economic activity and the feasibility of establishing a Cross Border Special Economic Zone. Both towns are a shopping haven among local and foreign tourists, and have the potential to become a leading cross-border tourism product of the Malaysia-Thailand border. The Malaysian government has also implemented the Eastern Corridor Economic Region to develop the East Coast region including Kelantan. Meanwhile, the Thailand Government has carried out the Southern Border Provinces Special Zone to develop its Southern region, including Narathiwat. With the security assurance in Southern Thailand coupled with both development plans being implemented, this may intensify economic activities in the towns of Rantau Panjang and Sg. Kolok. It was revealed that this has a spill-over effect in the border areas and the potential of creating a Cross Border Special Economic Zone at these border towns.  

scholarly journals Gender Dimensions of Informal Cross Border Trade in West-African Sub-Region (ECOWAS) Borders

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Olabisi Yusuff
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
West African ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
African Region ◽  
Informal Trade ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Border Trade

The aim of this paper is to examine the dynamics of women in cross border trade along ECOWAS sub region. West African region is noted significantly for high volume of trade that goes on within its borders on daily basis, and it involves formal and informal trade. Informal trade however, is an integral, but unrecognized component of ECOWAS economic activities. Over sixty percent of women are into informal trading across ECOWAS sub region, yet, there is gap in literature on the dynamics of these regional women traders across sub- ECOWAS region. Using qualitative method of data collection, a significant number of women traders in informal cross border in sub ECOWAS region were interviewed on their motivations, trade operations, challenges, and coping strategies. The findings reveal that there are several insecurities posed by informalities of women trading practices. These insecurities are associated with activities of law- enforcement agents and touts coupled with the facts that women traders are not knowledgeable about the procedures that guide international trade. Despite several challenges posed by informal cross border trade, women traders had devised coping strategies to negotiate these challenges. Majority of women utilized income generated to support themselves, their spouses and children and above all, it had enabled them to live above poverty level, which is one of millennium goals. The paper recommends that informal economic activities of women in cross border trade needs to recognized for holistic policy to be formulated and, women need vigorous education on the law that guide the rules and procedures of regional trade.

scholarly journals Unlocking the potential of silver economy in the Nordic Region

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Stjernberg ◽  
◽  
Hjördís Rut Sigurjónsdóttir ◽  
Mari Wøien Meijer
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Nordic Region ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Societal Benefits ◽  
Older Citizens

This report focuses on the concept of the silver economy, which has emerged as a response to population ageing in Europe in recent years. The silver economy refers to all economic activities linked to older age groups. The concept is based on the notion that many older people continue to make valuable economic and societal contributions after retirement, and that older citizens can provide significant economic and societal benefits, particularly if they are healthy and active. This report examines policies and initiatives to promote the silver economy and the closely related concepts of healthy ageing, active ageing and age-friendliness. The report seeks to uncover what are the preconditions for expanding the Nordic silver economy, and how cross-border collaboration can help enhance the potential of the silver economy in border regions.

Diaspora and Transnational Entrepreneurship

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanya Ojo ◽  
Sonny Nwankwo
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Dynamic Process ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Dynamic Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Transnational Entrepreneurship

The dynamic development in the field of Diaspora and Transnational entrepreneurship reveals a wide range of challenges and perspectives. These intensely tense up ‘conventional wisdom', stretch knowledge frontiers, and simultaneously expose fundamental paradoxes in the characterization of ethnic minorities' diaspora and transnational groups in the context of their entrepreneurship. Prior efforts at researching and advancing knowledge in this sphere have been hugely complicated, not less by the problematic of nomenclature but by researchers' application of terms. Against this background, this chapter aims to expand current understandings on the dialectic, dilemma, and paradoxical signals emitted by the events of diaspora and transnational entrepreneurship's economic activities both theoretically and practically. The significance resides in its capacity to enlarge our understanding of the dynamic process of individual agency in cross-border entrepreneurial relations.

Diaspora and Transnational Entrepreneurship

2017 ◽  
pp. 1597-1618
Author(s):  
Sanya Ojo ◽  
Sonny Nwankwo
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Dynamic Process ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Dynamic Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Transnational Entrepreneurship

The dynamic development in the field of Diaspora and Transnational entrepreneurship reveals a wide range of challenges and perspectives. These intensely tense up ‘conventional wisdom', stretch knowledge frontiers, and simultaneously expose fundamental paradoxes in the characterization of ethnic minorities' diaspora and transnational groups in the context of their entrepreneurship. Prior efforts at researching and advancing knowledge in this sphere have been hugely complicated, not less by the problematic of nomenclature but by researchers' application of terms. Against this background, this chapter aims to expand current understandings on the dialectic, dilemma, and paradoxical signals emitted by the events of diaspora and transnational entrepreneurship's economic activities both theoretically and practically. The significance resides in its capacity to enlarge our understanding of the dynamic process of individual agency in cross-border entrepreneurial relations.

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