In spite of widespread tariff reductions, intra-African borders remain thick. Regional trade is inhibited by inadequate …

Trade Network, we then define and describe the topology of the network, both in its binary version and in its weighted … can be studied using Network Analysis and International Trade data, both at the aggregated and sectoral level. The … the appendix, and can be used as an handson tutorial. Moreover,the World Trade Network local and global centrality …

Middle East and North Africa. Results suggest that within Pan Arab Free Trade Agreement (PAFTA), there is significant trade … creation for resource poor countries associated with regional integration, and no evidence of trade diversion. In resource rich … countries, however, there is evidence of pure trade diversion in both resource-rich/labor-abundant countries and resource …

how African migrants foster African trade. Relying on a new dataset on international bilateral migration recently released … exports of differentiated products. Focusing on intra-African trade, we find that the pro-trade effect of African migrants is …

We improve the study of the effects of a Currency Union on trade. Using data on French exports at the firm level, we …

(RCA). However, being computed on observed trade flows, it mixes up all the factors influencing trade flows. In particular … spirit of the traditional trade model. Furthermore, Balassa Index suffers some empirical distribution weaknesses, mainly time …