This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade politics in negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and African governments.

Part 1: Introducing Regional Integration.-The Economic Value of Regional Integration in Africa -- Current Account Im(balances) and Adjustments to Targets for Regional Integration in West Africa: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backwards -- Obstacles to Strengthening Economic Integration in the West...

The African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Everything But Arms (EBA), two preferential agreements extended by the United States (AGOA) and the European Union (EU) (EBA) to some developing countries seem to have contributed somewhat to boost Sub-Saharan Africa's exports since 2001. However,...

This work was set to investigate empirically the possible impact of economic policy uncertainties as well the trade conflict between China and the US on the Official Development Assistance to the West African Sub-region. From the bivariate test for linear association, we found a co-movement of...

This paper analyzes how Aid for Trade (AfT) is contributing to improve corridor development, regional integration, and logistics services in Africa. This research argues that in contrast to other studies showing AfT as having less positive impact on intra-regional trade in Africa, particularly...