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This paper appraises the likely effects of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the East African Community (EAC) and the European Union (EU). Customs data are used to estimate the revenue and welfare effects of an EPA with and without an exception list. Revenue and welfare effects...
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exploitation of resources has reduced supply response to market-integration-oriented regional policies. Additionally, a very uneven … pursued the 'linear model' of integration with a stepwise integration of goods, labour, and capital markets, as well as … eventual monetary and fiscal integration. With the exception of the franc zone, the RECs have not yet completed goods …
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African countries are negotiating the African Continental Free Trade Area with the aim to spearhead global value chain (GVC) trade among African countries as a driver for robust economic growth. This paper evaluates the participation of Sub-Saharan African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in...
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The main objective of the African Continental Free Trade Area is to eliminate trade barriers and boost intra-Africa trade. This column argues that implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement's provisions would be a powerful complement to the free trade area's tariff-reduction agenda. A...
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