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regionally in the East African Community (EAC) since 1999. Such advances are crucial, as integration in East Africa has the …
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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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"Economic geography has become a mantra for many economists, geographers, and regional scientists. Previous studies have tested the importance of economic geography for production activities and found a significant association between them. Most of these studies, however, have not taken into...
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Places do well when they promote transformations along the dimensions of economic geography: higher densities as cities grow; shorter distances as workers and businesses migrate closer to density; and fewer divisions as nations lower their economic borders and enter world markets to take...
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The report has three main chapters discussing modernization, diversification and competitiveness. The chapters examine problems and barriers facing households, private firms and public agencies to achieving these objectives, and then identify the instruments that can help Russia achieve the...
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"This paper briefly reviews new indices of trade restrictiveness and trade facilitation that have been developed at the World Bank. The paper also compares the trade impact of different types of trade restrictions applied at the border with the effects of domestic policies that affect trade...
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