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Regional Integration and Trade in Africa

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Editors:
  1. Mthuli Ncube

    1. Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, UK

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  2. Issa Faye

    1. African Development Bank, Tunisia

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  3. Audrey Verdier-Chouchane

    1. African Development Bank, Tunisia

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This book reviews the current trends and challenges of regional integration and trade in Africa. It provides valuable policy recommendations aimed at stimulating the debate among the government, private sector and development community on the ways to promote regional trade for Africa's economic development.

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction: Understanding Africa’s Regional Trade

    1. Introduction: Understanding Africa’s Regional Trade

      • Mthuli Ncube, Issa Faye, Audrey Verdier-Chouchane
      Pages 1-14

  3. Intra-African Trade Performance and Regional Integration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Competitiveness and Integration through Trade in CEMAC Countries: Comparative Advantage and Contribution to the Trade Balance

      • Joseph Parfait Owoundi
      Pages 17-30

    3. Economic Integration, Trade Facilitation and Agricultural Exports Performance in ECOWAS Sub-Region

      • Wumi Olayiwola, Evans Osabuohien, Henry Okodua, Oluyomi Ola-David
      Pages 31-46

    4. The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Export Growth and Import Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

      • Lanre Kassim
      Pages 47-68

  4. Measuring Trade Potential: The Gravity Model Approach

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Market Integration in the ECCAS Sub-Region

      • Désiré Avom, Mouhamed Mbouandi Njikam
      Pages 71-90

    3. Regional Integration and Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1993–2010: An Augmented Gravity Model

      • Edris Seid
      Pages 91-108

  5. Industrialization Strategy and the Issue of Deindustrialization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Malawi’s Trade Policies, Market Structure and Manufacturing Performance, 1967–2002

      • Hopestone Kayiska Chavula
      Pages 111-124

    3. The Impact of South-South and North-South Trade on Industrialization in Africa

      • Henri Atangana Ondoa, Henri Ngoa Tabi
      Pages 125-150

  6. Impact of Currency Union on Trade

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Impact of Monetary Unions on Trade: The Case of WAEMU

      • Ibrahima Camara
      Pages 153-172

    3. Trade Agreements and Flows in ECOWAS: Is a Single Currency the Determining Factor?

      • Benjamin Ndong, Sokhana Diarra Mboup
      Pages 173-196

    4. A DSGE Model of Trade and Risk-Sharing Effects of Currency Union on Economic Integration of the CFA Zone

      • Thierry Kame Babilla
      Pages 197-217

    5. Conclusion: Enhancing Intra-African Trade through Regional Integration

      • Mthuli Ncube, Issa Faye, Audrey Verdier-Chouchane
      Pages 218-228

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 229-238
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, UK

    Mthuli Ncube

  • African Development Bank, Tunisia

    Issa Faye, Audrey Verdier-Chouchane

About the editors

Désiré Avom, University of Yaounde II, Cameroon Thierry Kame Babilla, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon Ibrahima Camara Hopestone Kayiska Chavula, Economic Commission for Africa Lanre Kassim, University of Kent, United Kingdom Mouhamed Mbouandi Njikam, University of Yaounde II in Cameroon Sokhna Diarra Mboup, Gaston Berger University, Senegal Benjamin Ndong, University Gaston Berger, Senegal Henry Okodua, Covenant University, Nigeria Oluyomi Ola-David, Covenant University, Nigeria Wumi Olayiwola, ECOWAS Commission, Nigeria Henri Atangana Ondoa, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon Evans Osabuohien, German Development Institute Joseph Parfait Owoundi, Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Cameroon Edris H. Seid, Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute, Ethiopia Henri Ngoa Tabi, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon

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