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Regional integration in Africa : challenges and prospects

De Melo, Jaime; Tsikata, Yvonne M. - 2014

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 …

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The long journey towards Pan-African integration : the African Continental Free Trade Area and its challenges

Tröster, Bernhard; Janechová, Eva - 2021

On the 1st of January 2021, African countries started the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It is a largely symbolic step toward the long-term goal of economic integration on the African continent. The integration process includes an extensive agenda that requires time and will...

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Reaping the AfCFTA potential through well-functioning rules of origin

Tsowou, Komi; Davis, Junior - In: Journal of African trade : official journal of the … 8 (2021) 2, pp. 88-102

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Rules of Origin (RoOs) determine the conditions for the application of the Agreement's tariff preferences. The effectiveness of existing preferential trade agreements within the continent is undermined by heterogeneous RoO regimes and costly trade...

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Embracing the African continental free trade area : unpacking Malawi's economy response to trade liberalization

Mgomezulu, Wisdom Richard; Thangata, Paul; Njiwa, Daniel - In: Research in globalization 9 (2024), pp. 1-13

The impact of trade liberalization on Malawi's economy has been a hotly debated topic, To shed light on the subject, a study was conducted using the PEP-1-1 CGE model and the latest Malawi's Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) from 2019, The results were eye-opening, revealing the potential effects...

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