Over the past decade, Africa has been experiencing an economic resurgence. Yet, the continent is facing several … difficult challenges and many economies of the region continue to be among the least competitive in the world. Africa …'s competitiveness is adversely affected by: (i) poor regional infrastructure networks; and (ii) weak institutional capacity. Increased …

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 …

COVID-19 has created a trade crisis in Southern Africa, with a dramatic slowdown in cross-border trade. The crisis … Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to address and contribute to greater levels of trade within Africa. This working paper looks … Southern Africa and the position of the SADC cluster of ministers of trade and transport are also considered. The paper argues …

transformation in Africa, focusing on sectoral output shares, sectoral employment shares, and the relative labour productivity of … sectors. We find that Africa is gradually advancing towards structural transformation but at a very slow speed. The empirical …

presents opportunities for emerging economies to adapt and enter new markets. Many countries in southern Africa have struggled … Community between 1995 and 2012, and supplement this with a review of Foreign Direct Investment from South Africa. Tradable …