What does trade have to do with migration? How does trade create conditions that prompt migration? How do trade agreements influence migration policy, and vice versa? How is trade governance related to migrant labor exploitation? This explainer examines the structural connections between trade and migration, ending with five strategic policy proposals to promote rights-based, gender-responsive migration and trade governance. See More

Does trade enhance post-conflict recovery? How do international financial institutions impede post-conflict government spending? How do trade and investment agreements exploit post-conflict economic opportunities? What is the role of the extractive sector in post-conflict trade and investment? This explainer highlights the complex ways trade influences post-conflict recovery, ending with five strategic policy proposals to harness trade as a tool that complements rather than counteracts post-conflict recovery of both economies and people. See More

African studies scholar Ray Bush published a review of PCT’s special issue of Africa Development in the renowned Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE). Bush emphasizes the collection’s relevance in understanding the constraints and opportunities for radical African transformation in the 21st century, as well as the importance of PCT as a political endeavor. See More