This paper revisits the link between exchange rate regimes and trade in the context of Africa’s exchange rate … Africa’s experience with that of the world. Our results suggest that both currency unions and direct pegs promote bilateral … trade in Africa vis-à-vis more flexible exchange rate regimes,and that their effect is almost double for the region than …

-country regressions covering 31 Sub-Saharan African countries suggest that growth in Africa is not simply a question of capital …

. Inspired by first-hand evidence from West Africa, this paper argues that these units undergo the same process of …

Tree crops have changed land tenure in Africa. Farmers have acquired more permanent, alienable rights, but have also …

Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and … sophisticated industrial sectors tend to grow faster. But since 1980 Africa has deindustrialized. The paper shows that between 1975 … and 2005 the size, diversity and sophistication of industry in Africa have all declined. An industrialization strategy …

, importers and exporters. I find the theory that democracy, and many of its components, promotes international trade unconvincing …

The youth have long represented an important constituency for electoral mobilization in Africa. Today, as the region … generational identities within the region, very little is really known about the political participation of Africa.s youth. In … order to address this issue, we combine country-level variables for 19 of Africa.s most democratic countries with individual …