Despite sustained economic growth over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa faces massive challenges and …-enhancing factors like the use of fertilizers has remained flat for decades. Africa's large infrastructure, technology, and policy gaps … environment for more innovation and technology adoption, to provide the chance for Africa to experience major positive …

This study briefly summarizes the development experiences of special economic zones in China and Africa, the lessons … that Africa can learn from China, and the preliminary results of the Chinese investments in special economic zones in … Africa. The study makes recommendations on how to unleash the power of special economic zones and industrial zones in Africa …

three late-bloomers in East Africa offsetting the boom-bust pattern in Southern Africa and the never-significant response in … Central and Western Africa. Firm-level customs data for selected countries reveal that even in East Africa, the recent export …

Countries in Africa should strive to maintain trade flows during the crisis to secure access to medical goods and … international value chains. By joining together, countries in Africa can implement coordinated trade measures that result in better …

East and North Africa region, on average, suffers from a notable underperformance gap across all observed stages of payment …