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Stronger regional integration has been a policy priority in Africa for several decades. Countries in Africa have …. This report looks at the monitoring of regional integration in Africa and argues that more effective monitoring processes … three presents an overview of regional trade indicators that are currently used by policy makers in Sub-Saharan Africa …
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result, Africa as a whole remains a net importer of textiles and clothing even though it is a net exporter of cotton. The … future of apparel exporters in sub-Saharan Africa is, however, rather uncertain as they face two major challenges for their …
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Africa's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising … impacts on poverty. The report highlights the range of barriers to food trade in Africa along the entire value chain. The … that will arise in dealing with the political economy constraints that have until now blocked the capacity of Africa to …
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This book is the result of an extensive agenda of analytical work on regional trade integration in Africa involving … staff from various units of the Africa region of the World Bank. The aim of this volume is to provide the main messages from … provide the consensus and broad base for successful implementation of reforms. Africa is not achieving its potential in …
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"This is an empirical paper seeking to identify the mode of Turkey's integration into global markets in general, and pan-European markets in particular, as revealed in its trade performance. The analysis provides empirical support to the following observations. First, thanks to steady expansion...
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The proliferation of regional trade agreements is fundamentally altering the world trade landscape. The number of agreements in force surpasses 200 and has risen eight-fold in two decades. Today as much as 40 percent of global trade takes place among countries that have some form of reciprocal...
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The primary goal of this Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) is to provide a plan for reactivating Angola's productive sectors that reduces the country's reliance on imports while enabling the restoration of export capacity in the medium to long term. Executing such a plan will involve...
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The proliferation of regional trade agreements is fundamentally altering the world trade landscape. The number of agreements in force surpasses 200 and has risen eight-fold in two decades. Today as much as 40 percent of global trade takes place among countries that have some form of reciprocal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559913
Trade enables countries to import ideas and technologies, realize comparative advantages and economies of scale, and foster competition and innovation, which in turn increases productivity and achieves higher sustainable employment and economic growth. Countries open to international trade tend...
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"This paper examines the impact of trade facilitation on intra-African trade. The authors examine the role of trade facilitation reforms, such as increased port efficiency, improved customs, and regulatory environments, and upgrading services infrastructure on trade between African countries....
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