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...

1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of regional integration in Africa -- 3. The theory of free trade areas: the case for an African Continental Free Trade Area -- 4. The African Continental Free Trade Area: an empirical analysis -- 5. Perspectives for fast-tracking an Africa Continental Free Trade...

The establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) is a major milestone in the long march of African integration. As foreseen in the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (commonly known as the Abuja Treaty), which entered into force in 1994, the integration process is to...