This study investigates the effect of infrastructure and trade openness on the evolution of manufacturing and services sector output using panel data from 14 selected COMESA member countries over the period 1993-2016. The Pooled Mean Group, Mean Group and Dynamic Fixed Effects were used to...

Since the early 1990s, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made significant progress in opening their economies to external competition through trade and currency liberalization. This paper analyzes trade and policy developments for 22 countries in eastern and southern Africa, looks at...