"This book focuses on a broad range of reforms capable of driving competitiveness and economic growth in Africa, including trade, fiscal federalism, redistribution, factor endowments, economic resilience and diversification, resources, welfare and innovation capacity."

Recent trade negotiations, both at the regional and multilateral level, have seen a resurgence of the issue of trade and labour standards. Labour interests in high-standards countries argue that low labour standards are an unfair source of comparative advantage, and that increasing imports from...