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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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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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ASEAN : A Chronicle of Shifting Trade Exposure and Regional Integration
Kalra, Sanjay - 2010
The paper characterizes trade exposure and regional integration in six ASEAN economies during 1997-2008. For this, the paper uses the 2000 Asian Input Output Tables which are extrapolated using National Income Accounts and COMTRADE data. On the demand side, the paper shows that the level and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402867
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Trade and Integration in the Caribbean
Egoumé-Bossogo, Philippe - 2002
This paper analyzes trade in the Caribbean community (CARICOM) using a gravity model framework. The paper seeks to shed light on the dynamics of trade among CARICOM member countries, as well with the rest of world over 1980–99. Overall, the results show that intra-CARICOM trade has increased,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399566
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Africa's Trade Revisted
Tamirisa, Natalia T. - 2001
The popular impression that Africa has not integrated into world trade, as suggested by the evolution in simple … lends support to the popular view of disintegration. Africa, especially Francophone Africa, is currently under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403834
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Stylized Factson Bilateral Trade and Currency Unions : Implications for Africa
Hulej, Michal - 2006
the gravity model and focusing on two samples, the world and Africa. Our empirical findings suggest that, in principle …, membership in a currency union should benefit Africa as much as it does the rest of the world. In addition, we find evidence from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400074
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India’s growth spillovers to South Asia
Ding, Ding; Masha, Iyabo - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572521