In support of progress towards regional integration in Africa, the Economic Commission for Africa, African Union … Commission and African Development Bank jointly produce Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA). The first edition (ARIA … I), published in 2004, provided a comprehensive assessment of the status of regional integration in Africa, with …

This report provides a new perspective on Africa’s urban economies that is unique in its breadth and level of detail …-economic dimensions, cities significantly outperform the countries in which they are located. In Africa, urbanisation accounts for …

1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of regional integration in Africa -- 3. The theory of free trade areas: the case for an … for fast-tracking an Africa Continental Free Trade Area -- 6. Movement of people and the right of residence and … establishment -- 7. Movement of goods and services in Africa -- 8. Movement of investment and capital in Africa -- Tables -- Figures …