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 …'s competitiveness is adversely affected by: (i) poor regional infrastructure networks; and (ii) weak institutional capacity. Increased …

across geographical regions, with a difference in Sub-Saharan Africa, where international trade causes an increase in the …How does international trade affect structural transformation in developing countries? We use data on sectoral …

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 … distribution of resources has sharpened the trade-off between the benefits of common policies needed to tackle cross …

Although development generally refers to a broad concept, the quest for development in Sub-Saharan Africa has been …

the region has been quite poor if South Africa is excluded. Intra-regional trade is dominated by South Africa's exports to …Regional integration in Africa is underway but ongoing progress requires that the gains are widely spread. South Africa …'s huge regional trade surplus in manufactured goods is already leading to protectionist pressures in neighbouring countries …

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 …

towards meeting overly ambitious objectives; (ii) small changes in the destination of trade across all Regional Economic … Communities, indicative of persistent high trade costs and few new manufactures products destined for geographically close markets … high number of provisions not covered in Word Trade Organization negotiations, but these have low legal enforceability …

This study explores the potential for South Africa to become an engine for intra- regional trade and industrial … competitiveness. The study identifies 'lead products' exported by South Africa, and then uses revealed comparative advantage and unit … development by linking other Southern African countries to its global value chains and, in the process, improving its global trade …