Regional Integration and Trade in Africa
β Scribed by Mthuli Ncube, Issa Faye, Audrey Verdier-Chouchane (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 258
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Introduction: Understanding Africaβs Regional Trade....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Competitiveness and Integration through Trade in CEMAC Countries: Comparative Advantage and Contribution to the Trade Balance....Pages 17-30
Economic Integration, Trade Facilitation and Agricultural Exports Performance in ECOWAS Sub-Region....Pages 31-46
The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Export Growth and Import Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 47-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Market Integration in the ECCAS Sub-Region....Pages 71-90
Regional Integration and Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1993β2010: An Augmented Gravity Model....Pages 91-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Malawiβs Trade Policies, Market Structure and Manufacturing Performance, 1967β2002....Pages 111-124
The Impact of South-South and North-South Trade on Industrialization in Africa....Pages 125-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Impact of Monetary Unions on Trade: The Case of WAEMU....Pages 153-172
Trade Agreements and Flows in ECOWAS: Is a Single Currency the Determining Factor?....Pages 173-196
A DSGE Model of Trade and Risk-Sharing Effects of Currency Union on Economic Integration of the CFA Zone....Pages 197-217
Conclusion: Enhancing Intra-African Trade through Regional Integration....Pages 218-228
Back Matter....Pages 229-238
β¦ Subjects
Science, general
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