Regional integration and trade in Africa /
Regional integration has been adopted by many African governments as a response to difficulties facing national markets in landlocked countries. However, despite the aspiring targets they have experienced setbacks due to poor implementation. This book reviews the current trends, challenges and poten...
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Understanding Africa's Regional Trade / Mthuli Nucbe, Issa Faye and Audrey Verdier-Chouchane
- Part I. Intro-African Trade Performance and Regional Integration: 1. Competitiveness and Integration through Trade in CEMAC Countries: Comparative Advantage and Contribution to the Trade Balance / Jospeh Parfait Owoundi; 2. Economic integration, Trade Facilitation and Agricultural Exports Performance in ECOWAS Sub-Region / Wumi Olayiwola, Evans Osabuohien, Henry Okodua and Oluyomi Ola-David; 3. The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Export Growth and Import Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa / Lanre Kassim
- Part II. Measuring Trade Potential: The Gravity Model Approach: 4. Market Integration in the ECCAS Sub-Region / Désiré Avom and Mouhamed Mbouandi Njikam; 5. Regional Integration and Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1993-2010: An Augmented Gravity Model / Edris Seid
- Part III. Industrialization Strategy and the Issue of Deindustrialization: 6. Malawi's Trade Policies, Market Structure, and Manufacturing Performance, 1967-2002 / Hopestone Kayiska Chavula; 7. The Impact of South-South and North-South Trade on Industrialization in Africa / Henri Atangana Ondoa and Henri Ngoa Tabi
- Part IV. Impact of Currency Union on Trade: 8. Impact of Monetary Unions on Trade: The Case of WAEMU / Ibrahima Camara; 9. Trade Agreements and Flows in ECOWAS: Is a Single Currency the Determining Factor? / Benjamin Ndong and Sokhana Diarra Mboup; 10. A DSGE Model of Trade and Risk-sharing Effects of Currency Union on Economic Integration of the CFA Zone / Thierry Kame Babilla
- Concluding: Enhancing Intra-African Trade through Regional Integration / Mthuli Ncube, Issa Faye and Audrey Verdier-Chouchane.