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Trade imbalances and the political economy of a transnational fund in the EAC
Shams, Rasul - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013430552
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Consequences of economic : partnership agreements between East and Southern African countries and the EU for inter- and intra-regional integration
Borrmann, Axel; Busse, Matthias; Rocha, Manuel de la - 2007
Agreement ; EU ; ACP Countries ; East and Southern Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009161946
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Implications of AfCFTA Tariff Reductions for EAC Exports to Africa
Zgovu, Evious; Morrissey, Oliver - 2024
This paper provides estimates of the potential for EAC member countries to increase exports to the rest of Africa under … North and West Africa do offer potential to EAC countries except Rwanda (concentrated on DRC) and Tanzania (concentrated on … Southern Africa). These estimates are complemented with analysis of the welfare effects on Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014515719
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Towards building shared prosperity in Sub-Saharan Africa : how does the effect of economic integration compare to social equity policies?
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi - 2021
The debate on the need for Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries to foster inclusive growth has intensified following the coming into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic. A conspicuous lacuna in the literature is a lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590001
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Real and monetary policy convergence : EMU crisis to the CFA Zone
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Purpose - A major lesson of the EMU crisis is that serious disequilibria result from regional monetary arrangements not designed to be robust to a variety of shocks. The purpose of this paper is to assess these disequilibria within the CEMAC, UEMOA and CFA zones. Design/methodology/approach - In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410050
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Repackaging FDI for inclusive growth : nullifying effects and policy relevant thresholds of governance
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
This study examines whether the remarkable inflow of resources in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI) to SSA contributes to inclusive growth in the region. The study further investigates whether SSA's institutional fabric modulates the effect of FDI on inclusive growth in SSA. To this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817924
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Foreign direct investment, governance and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
Motivated by the projected rebound of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) following the … implementation of the AfCFTA and the finalization of the Africa Investment Protocol, we examine how FDI modulates the effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012544875
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Economic Integration and the Transmission of Democracy
Magistretti, Giacomo; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In this paper, we study if exposure to the institutions of trade partners changes individuals' attitudes towards democracy and favors the process of democratization. We combine survey data with country-level measures of democracy from 1960 to 2015, and exploit the improvement in air, relative to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210083
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Economic integration and democracy : an empirical investigation
Magistretti, Giacomo; Tabellini, Marco - 2018
We study whether economic integration fosters the process of democratization and the channels through which this might happen. Our analysis is based on a large panel dataset of countries between 1950 and 2014. We instrument actual trade with predicted trade constructed by estimating a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012013160
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Did Africa's first choices matter? : growth legacies of leaders at independence
Jørgensen, Christina Mangaard; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2015
We explore the potential effects of the first leaders of Sub-Saharan Africa. We first outline a set of theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346680