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African countries have sought to replicate the success of East Asia by implementing special economic zones. Despite decades of international experience, there remains no blueprint for successful special economic zone policies, and the majority of special economic zones fall well below...
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Over the past decade, Africa has been experiencing an economic resurgence. Yet, the continent is facing several … difficult challenges and many economies of the region continue to be among the least competitive in the world. Africa … regulated firms, could assist the countries of Africa in overcoming national limits in technical expertise, enhance national …
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Although development generally refers to a broad concept, the quest for development in Sub-Saharan Africa has been …
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Africa's Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The small, sparsely populated, fragmented, and often isolated economies across … Africa make a compelling case for these economies to integrate regionally to reap efficiency gains, exploit economies of …
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COVID-19 has created a trade crisis in Southern Africa, with a dramatic slowdown in cross-border trade. The crisis … Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to address and contribute to greater levels of trade within Africa. This working paper looks … Southern Africa and the position of the SADC cluster of ministers of trade and transport are also considered. The paper argues …
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This paper reviews integration among the eight African Regional Economic Communities by comparing their characteristics and progress with three other South-South Regional Integration Arrangements. Three conclusions emerge: (i) slow progress towards meeting overly ambitious objectives; (ii) small...
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Common Monetary Area of Southern Africa and in the provinces of the Republic of South Africa using panel data, allowing an … sectors needs policy attention. For the provinces of South Africa, capital expenditure on key sectors such as education and …
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Despite more than two decades of economic integration efforts, levels of spatial development inequality remain high within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Owing to persistent delays in the implementation of the SADC integration agenda, infrastructure connectivity is still...
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Prioritizing public investments requires information on relative returns that are difficult to derive from disparate evaluation studies. This paper presents a 'hybrid' approach that combines ex post evaluation data with an economy-wide model for experimenting ex ante with alternative investment...
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Over many past decades countries in sub-Saharan Africa have received extensive bilateral and multilateral aid in … capacity-building. -- aid ; statistics ; Africa …
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