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 …

Introduction -- Trade potential and bottlenecks in East Africa: a gravity approach -- Trade Complementarities between … Europe and Tanzania -- The Effect of the tripartite free trade area on trade flow in Southern and Eastern Africa … -- Investment climate and international integration of firms in EAC -- Productivity premia and firm heterogeneity in Eastern Africa …

we document, two patterns stand out. First, the level of GVC engagement of most countries in sub-Saharan Africa is rather …