Research Studies

NML’s papers and articles focus on issues in international economic law, trade and sustainable development, and agricultural regulation and food security. Additional publications and research by NML’s President, Prof. Katrin Kuhlmann, can be found at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3636019.

MSME Moratorium: Stories from MSMEs in South Africa and Kenya on WTO Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions

Katrin Kuhlmann and Tara Francis, New Markets Lab (2024)

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African Continental and Regional Sanitary and Phytosanitary Approaches and Alignments with SPS Good Regulatory Practices

Katrin Kuhlmann, Adron Naggayi Nalinya and Tara Francis, New Markets Lab for the United States Department of Agriculture (2024)

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Law and Regulations Enabling and Restricting Africa's Vegetable Seed Sector

Katrin Kuhlmann et al. for the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability (2023)

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Mapping the Design and Implementation of Seed Sector Regulation: The Case of Uganda

Katrin Kuhlmann et al., New Markets Lab with the International Food Policy Research Institute (2023)

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Mapping Inclusive Law and Regulation: A Comparative Agenda for Trade and Development

Katrin Kuhlmann for the African Journal of International Economic Law (2022)

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Development and Comparison of Seed Regulatory Systems Maps in Ethiopia

Katrin Kuhlmann et al., New Markets Lab in partnership with Catholic Relief Services (2022)

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Trade Policy for Resilient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Development in a New International Economic Order

Katrin Kuhlmann, Chantal Line Carpentier, Tara Francis, and Malou Le Graet (June 2022)

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Strategic Framework for Development of Typology-Based Fertilizer Policy and Regulatory Systems In sub-Saharan Africa

Katrin Kuhlmann et al. for ReNAPRI (2022)

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African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Program Usage, Trends, and Sectoral Highlights

Katrin Kuhlmann, Oral and Written Testimony delivered to the U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. (June 9, 2022)

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Using Regulatory Flexibility to Address Market Informality in Seed Systems: A Global Study

Katrin Kuhlmann and Bhramar Dey for Agronomy (2021)

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Reconceptualizing Free Trade Agreements Through a Sustainable Development Lens

Katrin Kuhlmann et al. in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (July 2020)

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Building a Regulatory Environment for Agricultural Finance

Katrin Kuhlmann and Edward Katende for the Uganda Banker’s Association (June 2019)

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The Human Face of Trade and Food Security: Lessons on the Enabling Environment from Kenya and India

Katrin Kuhlmann for Center for Strategic International Studies (2018)

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Study of the Kenya – Ethiopia Trade Corridor: A Pathway to Agricultural Development Regional Economic Integration and Food Security

New Markets Lab for USAID East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (2018)

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Creating an Enabling Environment for Private Sector Investment in Fertilizer Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Evidence and Knowledge Gaps

Katrin Kuhlmann, Joshua Ariga, Shannon B. Keating, Nicole M. Mason, and Maria Wanzala-Mlobela, New Markets Lab in partnership with the International Fertilizer Development Center, African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership and Michigan State University (December 2018)

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Development in Place of Discord: Could A New Path Emerge for the WTO?

Katrin Kuhlmann for the Bretton Woods Committee (December 2017)

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A Strategy for Trade and Development

New Markets Lab (June 2017)

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Fostering a Dynamic Seed System in Tanzania

Katrin Kuhlmann et al., New Markets Lab in partnership with the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania

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The Role of Law and Regulation in International Trade Finance: the Case of Correspondent Banking

Katrin Kuhlmann and Mario Osorio Hernandez for the World Economic Forum (April 2017)

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Post-AGOA Trade and Investment: Policy Recommendations for Deepening the U.S.-Africa Trade and Investment Relationship

Katrin Kuhlmann, testimony before the U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. (January 2016)

Reframing Trade and Development: Building Markets through Legal and Regulatory Reform

Katrin Kuhlmann for the E15Initiative and International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development and World Economic Forum (November, 2015)

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Ensuring Consistent Administration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to Increase Trade by Small Business

New Markets Lab in partnership with Crowell & Moring and the International Senior Lawyers Project (2014)

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Africa’s Development Corridors as Pathways to Agricultural Development, Regional Economic Integration and Food Security in Africa

Katrin Kuhlmann, Susan Sechler and Joe Guinan, New Markets Lab and Aspen Global Health and Development (June 2011)

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Policy from the Ground Up-Resharing Transatlantic Trade, Development and Food Security Policies to Africa’s Needs

Katrin Kuhlmann and Kathryn Ritterspach for The German Marshall Fund of United States (2011)

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African Markets and Trade: Critical Links to Global Food Security

Katrin Kuhlmann, White Paper produced through sessions held at the German Marshall Fund of United States (February 2010)

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A New U.S.-European Approach to Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Katrin Kuhlmann for the German Marshall Fund of United States (2010)

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Beyond the Economic Partnerships Agreements

Katrin Kuhlmann for the German Marshall Fund of United States (2009)

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