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Leveraging Law and Regulation for Sustainable Economic and Social Development The New Markets Lab NML is a law and development innovation lab dedicated to generating and disseminating datadriven research tools and approaches focused on effective and broadbased design and implementation of economic law and regulation. Learn how NML is leveraging data to understand legal and regulatory systems in their design and implementation Building Empirical and Comparative Research into International Trade Law NMLs study examined ontheground realities of how trade policy can affect Micro Small and Mediumsized Enterprises MSMEs across several countries in subSaharan Africa. Specifically the study assessed how the potential expiration of the WTO Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions could affect MSMEs in South Africa and Kenya. In addition to surveying nearly 450 MSMEs NML conducted in depth interviews to showcase Stories of over 35 MSMEs as seen in this video.