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 …

.These accords span the real and financial sectors; rather than following the more typical pattern of "trade first,money later …", recent policy initiatives involve the simultaneous implementation of trade and monetary/financial accords. Given this … sequence, is there a case for monetary union in East Asia? Is there a case for expanded free-trade areas (FTAs) in the region …

On the 1st of January 2021, African countries started the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It is a largely … typically report potential trade and welfare gains, the overall impact of the agreement depends on various factors. In this ÖFSE … the AfCFTA based on the characteristics of African trade, and (iii) offer a critical assessment of economic impact studies …