Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the Asia-Pacific region have proliferated rapidly over the past five years and … are creating a complex web of intersecting bilateral and regional trade agreements. This paper describes the proliferation …

scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …

misalignments. Intra-regional trade – both with North Africa and the rest of the continent – together with greater orientation to … stagnant export shares. The limited export competitiveness has hampered external demand, growth and employment. Applying, for … the first time to North Africa, the stock-flow approach to the real equilibrium exchange rate, this paper evaluates the …

Over recent decades, Australia’s trade has become increasingly oriented toward east Asia (excluding Japan). Rapid …, this article examines the characteristics of both intra-regional trade and exports to economies outside the region. …

Africa (in particular ECOWAS and SADC) and compare this to the a benchmark of North South trade integration (Europeâ …Using a gravity model for 35 countries and the years 1995-2006 we estimate the impact of regional trade agreements in …€™s preferential trade agreement). We find that • ECOWAS and SADC membership significantly increases bilateral trade flows (and by …

Africa (in particular ECOWAS and SADC) and compare this to the a benchmark of North South trade integration (Europe …Using a gravity model for 35 countries and the years 1995-2006 we estimate the impact of regional trade agreements in …’s preferential trade agreement). We find that • ECOWAS and SADC membership significantly increases bilateral trade flows (and by more …

Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of … results show that membership in the Asian RTAs considered in this study have not, to date, occurred at the expense of trade … and multilateral liberalization, could run the risk of leading to costly trade diversion. …

Regional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Africa have been ineffective in promoting trade and foreign direct investment …. Relatively high external trade barriers and low resource complementarity between member countries limit both intra- and … extraregional trade. Small market size, poor transport facilities and high trading costs make it difficult for African countries to …