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The impacts of African continental free trade area on COMESA

Simola, Antti (contributor); Ferrari, Emanuele (contributor) - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2025

This study analyses the impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) using a recursively dynamic global computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, MAGNET. The study considers two policy measures: cuts in bilateral...

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Effects of free trade on export efficiency of COMESA member-states

Masunda, Stein; Mhonyera, Gabriel - In: Journal of shipping and trade 9 (2024) 1, pp. 1-15

Regional integration in Africa is deepening, and the existing regional groupings are making frantic efforts to remove barriers to trade. One way in which trade among countries can be promoted is through the establishment of free trade areas with member-states. However, regulatory quality that...

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Impact of digital financial innovation on financial system development in Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) countries

Manasseh, Charles O.; Nwakoby, Ifeoma C.; Okanya, … - In: Asian journal of economics and banking : AJEB 8 (2024) 1, pp. 121-142

Purpose - This paper aims to assess the impact of digital financial innovation on financial system development in Common Market for eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). This paper evaluates the dynamic relationship between digital financial innovation measures and financial system development...

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Services trade regulatory restrictiveness and downstream productivity in the common market for Eastern and Southern Africa region

Mashura, Shingirirai; Foders, Federico - In: African journal of business & economic research : AJBER 20 (2025) 1, pp. 103-124

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Determinants of foreign direct investment inflows to COMESA member countries : an integration of institutional and socio-economic factors

Meressa, Hayelom Abrha - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 11 (2022), pp. 1-16

In developing economies, stable foreign direct investment inflow is used as a means of realization of private sector growth and sustainable development goals. However, there is variability in inflows to African region in general and its economic bloc groupings in particular overtime across...

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Assessing the impact of technological progress on trade in COMESA : a PVECM approach

Fauzel, Sheereen - In: International trade, politics and development 6 (2022) 2, pp. 61-72

Purpose The present study investigates the extent to which technological progress influences trade in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region over the period 1990-2017. Design/methodology/approach Methodologically, this study uses a rigorous dynamic analysis namely a...

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Impact of alternative regional trade arrangements on the Ethiopian economy

Amogne, Habtamu Shiferaw; Hagiwara, Taiji - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 10 (2021), pp. 1-26

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a Free Trade Area (FTA) regional trade agreement in Africa. Currently, Ethiopia is negotiating to join COMESA FTA. This study assesses the impact of three regional trade arrangements, COMESA FTA, customs unions, and the European...

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Regional integration and trade: the case of the common market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Free Trade Area

Gondwe, Grace - In: Journal of African trade : official journal of the … 8 (2021) 1, pp. 1-12

This paper examines the factors influencing intra-Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) trade by empirically investigating whether the Free Trade Area (FTA) contributed to trade growth from 1997 to 2015. Gravity models for exports and imports were estimated to identify the...

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Determinants of intra-COMESA trade in services

Majune, Socrates Kraido; Kaaria, Judy K.; Kihiu, … - In: African development review 35 (2023) 4, pp. 416-428

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The effect of integration processes of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa on the economic growth of the member states

Liu, Haiyun; Yahia, Yassin Elshain; Hossain, Md. Ismail; … - In: International journal of finance & economics : IJFE 28 (2023) 1, pp. 93-111

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