Rice market integration and food security in Nepal: The role of cross-border trade with India

Food Policy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issa Sanogo ◽  
Mahamane Maliki Amadou
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Rice Market ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Border Trade

‘The telegraph and the bank’: on the interdependence of global communications and capitalism, 1866–1914

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone M. Müller ◽  
Heidi J.S. Tworek
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
New Markets ◽  
John Maynard Keynes ◽  
Asymmetrical Information ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Modern Capitalism ◽  
Border Trade ◽  
Global Communications ◽  
Social Orders

AbstractThis article uses the example of submarine telegraphy to trace the interdependence between global communications and modern capitalism. It uncovers how cable entrepreneurs created the global telegraph network based upon particular understandings of cross-border trade, while economists such as John Maynard Keynes and John Hobson saw global communications as the foundation for capitalist exchange. Global telegraphic networks were constructed to support extant capitalist systems until the 1890s, when states and corporations began to lay telegraph cables to open up new markets, particularly in Asia and Latin America, as well as for strategic and military reasons. The article examines how the interaction between telegraphy and capitalism created particular geographical spaces and social orders despite opposition from myriad Western and non-Western groups. It argues that scholars need to account for the role of infrastructure in creating asymmetrical information and access to trade that have continued to the present day.

scholarly journals Cross-Border Open Innovation of Early Stage Tech Incubation: A Case Study of FORGE, the First UK-China Accelerator Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunming Shao ◽  
Lei Shi
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Border Trade

This paper is a case study of FORGE, the first UK-China cross border accelerator program, conducted in the context of TusPark Newcastle, an overseas innovation center by TUS Holdings in the United Kingdom. It engages with current research that examines the role of trust, particularly in the area of cross-border trade. We suggest that this is especially pertinent for early stage technology companies, since in many cases, their products, business models and even founder reputations, are more unformed. We also look at the topic of cross-border incubation, particularly with China as the target market, and provide new insights for understanding the channels and barriers for international commercialization in China for early stage tech startups. Finally, we provide some suggestions for policy-makers on both sides to better coordinate efforts to increase innovation relationships like FORGE.

scholarly journals Capital Market Integration in Euroland: The Role of Banks

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia M. Buch
Keyword(s):  
Financial Market ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Home Bias ◽  
Capital Market Integration ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Financial Market Integration

Abstract The introduction of the euro marks a milestone in the process of European financial market integration. This paper analyzes the implications of the euro for cross-border banking activities. A portfolio model is used which captures the role of banks as providers of informational and of risk-diversification services. By eliminating exchange rate risks, the euro enhances the incentives of banks to expand within Euroland. Yet, while the currency bias in bank portfolios will be eliminated, the home bias will remain. Implications of market integration for the risk-taking and the monitoring of banks are not clear-cut.

scholarly journals Impact of Cereals Production and Cross-border Trade on Food Security in Nigeria: A Time Series Analysis between 1986 and 2017

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Fatima Abdullahi Shettima ◽  
Saheed Zakaree ◽  
Suleiman Sa’ad ◽  
Yakaka Abdulhlahi Shettima
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Positive Sign ◽  
Domestic Production ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Border Trade ◽  
Cereal Production ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to examine the impact of cereals production and cross-border trade on food security in Nigeria between 1986 and 2017. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) econometric technique was employed to analyze the time series secondary data sourced from World Bank Development Indicators, 2017 in order to explain the relationship between food security and the cereal production and cross-border trade. The findings of this study reveal that both in short-run and long-run estimation of error correction model (ECM), cereal domestic production, cereal exports and cereal imports have significant impact on the food security. Accordingly, cereal domestic production and cereal imports have a positive sign, which implies that an increase in cereal domestic production and cereal imports influence food security. While, cereal exports have a negative sign, which suggest that Nigeria as a nation is experiencing deficit in cereal production and therefore, the little quantity produced and exported posit a treat to food security. Based on the findings of this study, it is therefore recommended that policy formulation such as government subsidies in the agricultural sector and any other intervention programmes that will encourage an increase in domestic cereal production as well as policy formulation that will not totally discourage cereal importation should be implemented since its impact on food security is positive. This can be achieved through trade liberalization. On one hand, in as much as cereal export have significant impact on food security; government should be mindful that policy formulation on cereal exports should take into consideration the level of domestic cereal production and consequently its negative impact on food security.

scholarly journals Czynniki rozwoju turystyki przygranicznej na rosyjsko-fińskim pograniczu = Factors underpinning the development of tourism in Russian-Finnish borderland areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana V. Stepanova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Murmansk Oblast ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Finnish Lapland ◽  
Border Trade ◽  
The Republic

In line with the observation that tourism is becoming a key element of economic development in border regions, the author describes an approach to a specific form characteristic of border regions alone, i.e. cross-border tourism and its role as a factor in the development of regional and local economies. Cross-border tourism gains presentation here in relation to the mobility of tourists (with differing purposes) between neighbouring border regions of the Russian Federation and Finland, with no account taken, however, of the development and functioning of the tourist system overall. The aim has thus been to seek to substantiate the importance of the development of cross-border tourism in the socio-economic development of the Russian-Finnish borderland. In its several parts, this article focuses first on theoretical and practical developments of Russian and foreign academic thinking as regards the development of cross-border tourism. A second part then reveals (and looks for structure among) factors influencing the nature and dynamics of cross-border tourism development in the Russian-Finnish borderland. The role of these factors in the phenomenon’s development is identified. Empirical data are then used in a third part identifying features and general trends, with the stimulation of cross-border tourism considered a direction of importance in the development of border regions either side of the state border under study. Given the positive effect of cross-border trade on the development of Finnish border regions, it would seem crucial that Finnish tourists should be attracted to the Russian border area. Finally, the significance of the development of cross-border tourism in the Russian-Finnish borderland is deliberated, where the area in question is taken to encompass Murmansk Oblast, the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in Russia, as well as Finnish Lapland, Northern Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, North Karelia, South Karelia and Kymenlaakso. Median indices are calculated. The outcomes of the research are regarded as of both academic and practical significance to the development of cross-border tourism, seen academically and from the point of view of both regional and municipal authorities and representatives of the tourist industry.

scholarly journals Analisis Integrasi Pasar Beras di Provinsi Bali

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
I DEWA GEDE AGUNG ◽  
JOKO DARYANTO
Keyword(s):  
Market Integration ◽  
Information Network ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Good Information ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Rice Market ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Real Price ◽  
Rice Consumption

Analysis of Rice Market Integration in The Province of BaliThe creation of market integration in Indonesia will guarantee production stabilityand the national rice consumption. One of the criteria for integration of the marketcan be seen from the integration level among the rice markets. This study aimed tolook at the degree of integration of rice markets in Bali Province. The data used wasthe real price of rice in the local market as well as data from BPS from 2011 to 2015.To the market integration, it was measured based on IMC (Index of MarketConnection). The results showed that Bali rice market integration integrated in theshort terms with other provinces except with Central Java, South Sumatra, andLampung. In the long terms Bali integrated with other provinces, and best integratedwith West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, and NTB, with their respectiveelasticity transmissions of 0.75; 0.88; 0.82; and 0.79. The role of government isexpected to build good information network, so farmers as producers can have betterbaraining position in determining the prices at the producer level.

Food prices, money growth and informal cross-border trade: evidence from Uganda

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Mawejje ◽  
Dorothy Nampewo
Keyword(s):  
Granger Causality ◽  
Money Supply ◽  
Food Prices ◽  
Food Price ◽  
Agricultural Output ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Border Trade

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential role of money supply and agricultural informal cross-border trade (ICBT) in Uganda’s food price processes. Design/methodology/approach The econometric analysis is based on two separate but complementary approaches: vector error correction modeling and Granger causality testing. Findings The results indicate that long-run domestic food prices adjust to money supply, agricultural output and exchange rate movements. However, the findings do not provide sufficient evidence to support the proposition that agricultural ICBT is an important long-run driver of food price in Uganda. The pair-wise Granger causality test results reveal a unidirectional causality from food prices to agricultural output; unidirectional causality from money supply to food prices; bidirectional causality between food prices and nominal exchange rates; unidirectional causality running from rainfall to food prices; and unidirectional causality running from agricultural ICBT to agricultural output. Social implications Understanding the underlying drivers of food inflation is critically important because food prices are critically important for food security, social stability and general household welfare. Originality/value The major innovation in this paper is attempt to model demand side determinants of food prices by focusing on the role of money and ICBT.

scholarly journals The Role of Selectivity Criteria for Effective Post-clearance Audit (PCA): Bangladesh Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-25
Author(s):  
Mohammad Akbar Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Reliable Data ◽  
Selection Procedures ◽  
Trade Facilitation ◽  
Economic Competitiveness ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Border Trade ◽  
The World ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Revenue Administration

The Post-clearance Audit (PCA) is being used by the Customs administrations across the world to facilitate trade as well as to reduce revenue evasion. As a limited number of declarations or entities need to be audited, the selectivity criteria for identifying the riskiest ones for conducting PCA is of utmost importance for the effectiveness of audit. A wrong selection for audit will be counterproductive. That is why, this paper will examine how the selectivity criteria impacts the PCA. The WCO and WTO have advised the administrations to utilise the PCA mechanism to enhance cross-border trade. The Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) of WCO and the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) of WTO have focused on systematic use of PCA rather than examining every imported consignment at the ports. Therefore, the PCA assists the authorities expedite clearance of goods, while, at the same time, ensures plugging leakages and, finally, enhances collection of duties and taxes at the import stage.  Moreover, the PCA also creates opportunities for the authorities to catch tax evaders in future as the results of PCA may further be used for the proper implementation of Risk Management (RM) mechanism. Effective RM helps single out the risky consignments and facilitate clearance of the low risk consignments. So, if the selectivity criteria for PCA are not properly set, both the PCA and RM system will be adversely affected, ultimately paralysing the revenue administration of a country thereby reducing its economic competitiveness. This study will scrutinise the existing selection procedures for PCA with qualitative analysis. Due to lack of availability of reliable data, the author interviewed some of the main stakeholders and the Customs and VAT officials to analyse the mechanism for identifying the loopholes and prospects of the PCA initiative. Furthermore, this paper will not only help the administrations to set the selectivity criteria for PCA, but also assist the administrations to redesign their existing PCA selectivity system.

scholarly journals Small Border Traffic and Cross-Border Tourism Between Poland and the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Anisiewicz ◽  
Tadeusz Palmowski
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Entire Area ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Kaliningrad Oblast ◽  
Border Trade ◽  
Tourist Infrastructure ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Polish and Russian cross-border cooperation is governed by lawful agreements. The enlargement of the Schengen Area had a significant impact on Kaliningrad Oblast relations and cross-border cooperation with its neighbours. The introduction of visas between Poland and Russia hindered and restricted local border trade which had for years been the only measure mitigating social and economic problems of the cross-border regions. Nevertheless, border traffic between Poland and Kaliningrad grew steadily, to exceed four million in 2012. Poland and Russia, supported by Germany, applied to the EU for small border traffic to cover the entire territory of the Oblast. According to the European Commission, the proposed solution would be a European exception. The agreement on small border traffic came into force on July 27, 2012, covering the entire area of the Kaliningrad Oblast and selected Polish poviats of Pomerania and Warmia-Mazuria voivodeships. Towards the end of the first quarter of 2013, the number of Poles crossing the border showed a rising tendency, and starting from the second through the third quarter of 2013, the number of Russians coming to Poland grew more dynamically. The visits of Kaliningrad residents, apart from commercially oriented ones, also include recreation, tourism, medical tourism visits, etc. Kaliningrad citizens looking for leisure, recreation and entertainment come to participate in great sporting and cultural events in Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia. The local self governments of poviats covered by small border traffic noted a clear upturn in the economies and trade of their regions. The development of cross-border cooperation, including small border traffic, has not resulted in attracting a substantial number of Polish tourists to the Kaliningrad Oblast, but it has provided such a possibility. This region is quite expensive for the average Pole. However, as scientists from Kaliningrad projected, with the easing of the visa system and the development of transport and tourist infrastructure the role of tourism shows a growing trend.

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