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The African Continental Free Trade Area marks a historic decision on the road to regional economic integration on the continent. If implemented, the agreement has the potential to make a significant impact on improving the livelihoods of the African people, by increasing intra-African trade and...
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in the TFTA would concentrate in the countries with highest productivity levels - namely, Egypt and South Africa …
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Africa's Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The small, sparsely populated, fragmented, and often isolated economies across … Africa make a compelling case for these economies to integrate regionally to reap efficiency gains, exploit economies of …
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Madagascar plans to start phasing out its customs tariffs on imports from the Southern African Development Community in 2007. This paper uses a CGE model to evaluate the impact of the SADC FTA on Madagascar economy. The results suggest that the SADC FTA would only have a limited impact on...
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The ghost of Berlin Conference (1884-1885) that partitioned Africa into specific spheres of influence has continued to … haunt Africa many years after colonialism, reinforcing the fragmentation of African economies. The shadow of the Conference … is still with us such that after over a century of pan-Africanism and five decades of regional integration in Africa …
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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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Nigeria’s signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in 2019 spurred a lot of deliberations on the impact it portends for the economy and the continent as a whole. At the start of 2021, the stage was finally set for the commencement of trading activities across the continent....
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