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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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Quality Infrastructure" program launched in 2015, other most recently (2021-2022) established Western rival infrastructure …
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This study investigates the effects of infrastructure development on African global value chain (GVC) participation …. Infrastructure development is proxied by a composite index which encompasses ICT, transport network, electricity and water supply … Generalised Method of Moments reveal that infrastructure development promotes African participation in GVCs for both up and down …
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trade-driven growth through increased intraregional infrastructure connectivity and regional economic integration. In 1992 … proposed. This initiative plans to create an economic zone covering Asia, Europe and Africa. To successfully promote and … connectivity as well as infrastructure financing needs in Asia. It also examines the nature and characteristics of existing and new …
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barriers and obstacles. Notably, the quality of infrastructure and transport costs that reduce trade flows in Africa. In this … paper, we have tried to understand the impact of infrastructure quality on trade in ECOWAS countries by referring to the … gravity model. Estimates show that bilateral trade increases as the quality of infrastructure improves. Also, the results show …
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objectives: The main objective of this study is to detect and assesses the strategic relations among Egypt and the Horn of Africa … for the development of strategic relations and securing the Egyptian interests in the Horn of Africa, in light of the … strategic relations with the Horn of Africa in different fields. These questions are summarized as follows: (1) Is there is a …
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This study dissects with great acuteness some of the big questions on China-Africa relations in order to debunk … direction of China-Africa relations. In the mean, the relationship from an economic standpoint is promising and encouraging but …
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’s investment in Africa. This paper concludes by recommending how African countries may better protect their tax bases and in so … doing, benefit fully and responsibly from China’s interest in Africa …
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Trade between China, Africa and the Middle East has rapidly expanded over the past thirty years. However, the economic … different kinds of trade. I utilize this heterogeneity to analyze the determinants of Chinese trade with 65 countries in Africa … monolithic treatment Africa often gets in the existing literature …
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(Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) and the World Bank in particular to celebrate dynamic growth in Asia, Africa … ‘South-South' growth. In this context, the paper offers a stylized comparison of Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia as …
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