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Can Regional Integration Accelerate Development in Africa? : CGE Model Simulations of the Impact of the SADC FTAon the Republic of Madagascar
Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2007
Madagascar plans to start phasing out its customs tariffs on imports from the Southern African Development Community in 2007. This paper uses a CGE model to evaluate the impact of the SADC FTA on Madagascar economy. The results suggest that the SADC FTA would only have a limited impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400346
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NAFTA to USMCA : what is gained?
Burfisher, Mary E.; Lambert, Frederic; Matheson, Troy - 2019
The United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA) was signed on November 30, 2018 and aims to replace and modernize the North-American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This paper uses a global, multisector, computable-general-equilibrium model to provide an analytical assessment of five key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009997
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Is regional trade integration a growth and convergence engine in Africa?
Gammadigbe, Vigninou - 2021
Africa and its major Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The results of the instrumental variable and panel fixed …-effects estimation show that RTI promotes economic growth in Africa. However, it fosters income divergence, reflecting the distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517925
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The African Continental Free Trade Agreement : welfare gains estimates from a general equilibrium model
Abrego, Lisandro E.; Amado, Maria Alejandra; Gursoy, Tunc; … - 2019
Rodriguez-Clare (2014), we estimate the welfare effects of the AfCFTA for 45 countries in Africa. Three different model … welfare gains from trade liberalization in Africa. As intra-regional import tariffs in the continent are already low, the bulk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102028
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Regional growth spillovers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Arizala, Francisco; Bellon, Matthieu; MacDonald, Margaux - 2019
This paper documents the steady increase in intraregional trade in sub-Saharan Africa since 1980, links this rise to …-wide integration and the associated growth spillovers are discussed. Actions policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa can take to capture the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102160
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Regional Trade Arrangements in Africa : Past Performance and the Way Forward
Yang, Yongzheng - 2005
Regional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Africa have been ineffective in promoting trade and foreign direct investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400207
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Does Openness Matter for Financial Development in Africa?
David, Antonio - 2014
This paper analyzes the links between financial and trade openness and financial development in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. It is based on a panel dataset using methods that tackle slope heterogeneity, cross-sectional dependence and non-stationarity, important econometric problems that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014411399
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Comesa and Sadc : Prospects and Challenges for Regional Trade Integration
Khandelwal, Padamja - 2004
Regional integration has been seen in Africa as a means of encouraging trade and securing economies of scale. This … and southern Africa: the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern African Development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404108
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Adjusting to New Realities : MENA the Uruguay Round, and the Eu-Mediterranean Initiative
Fennell, Susan - 1997
This paper addresses concerns that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with the exception of the GCC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400709
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North-South Trade-Is Africa Unusual?
Coe, David T. - 1998
We estimate a gravity model to address the question of whether Africa’s bilateral trade with industrial countries is … African country tends to “overtrade” compared with developing countries in other regions, although the degree to which Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400668