• openAccess   African Asylum Seekers in Europe: The Interplay between Foreign Aid and Governance in Origin Countries 

      Ripollés, Jordi; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Springer (2021-12-28)
      This paper empirically investigates the effects of governance quality on the num‑ ber of African asylum seekers in Europe over the period 1996–2018 and evaluates the extent to which official development aid acts as a ...
    • closedAccess   Are EU standards detrimental to Africa’s exports? 

      Kareem, Fatima Olanike; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Elsevier (2020-06-15)
      The high costs of complying with standards adversely affect export competitiveness. Existing evidence suggests that the harmonisation of standards to international benchmarks reduces compliance costs and is less trade-inhibiting, ...