Regional Integration and Trade in Africa, 2015

This book reviews the current trends and challenges of regional integration and trade in Africa. It provides valuable policy recommendations aimed at stimulating the debate among the government, private sector and development community on the ways to promote regional trade for Africa's economic development.

Overview Chapter: Understanding Africa's Regional Trade; Mthuli Nucbe, Issa Faye and Audrey Verdier-Chouchane PART I: INTRA-AFRICAN TRADE PERFORMANCE AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION 1. Competitiveness and Integration through Trade in CEMAC Countries: Comparative Advantage and Contribution to the Trade Balance; Jospeh Parfait Owoundi 2. Economic integration, Trade Facilitation and Agricultural Exports Performance in ECOWAS Sub-Region; Wumi Olayiwola, Evans Osabuohien, Henry Okodua and Oluyomi Ola-David 3. The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Export Growth and Import Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa; Lanre Kassim PART II: MEASURING TRADE POTENTIAL: THE GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH 4. Market Integration in the ECCAS Sub-Region; Désiré Avom and Mouhamed Mbouandi Njikam 5. Regional Integration and Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1993-2010: An Augmented Gravity Model; Edris Seid PART III: INDUSTRIALIZATION STRATEGY AND THE ISSUE OF DEINDUSTRIALIZATION 6. Malawi's Trade Policies, Market Structure, and Manufacturing Performance, 1967-2002; Hopestone Kayiska Chavula 7. Impact of South-South and North-South Trade on Industrialization in Africa; Henri Atangana Ondoa and Tabi Henri Ngoa PART IV: IMPACT OF CURRENCY UNION ON TRADE 8. Impact of Monetary Unions on Trade: The Case of WAEMU; Ibrahima Camara 9. Trade Agreements and Flows in ECOWAS: Is a Single Currency the Determining Factor?; Benjamin Ndong and Sokhana Diarra Mboup 10. A DSGE Model of Trade and Risk-sharing Effects of Currency Union on Economic Integration of the CFA Zone; Thierry Kame Babilla Concluding Chapter: Enhancing Intra-African Trade through Regional Integration; Mthuli Ncube, Issa Faye and Audrey Verdier-Chouchane

Désiré Avom, University of Yaounde II, Cameroon Thierry Kame Babilla, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon Ibrahima Camara Hopestone Kayiska Chavula, Economic Commission for Africa Lanre Kassim, University of Kent, United Kingdom Mouhamed Mbouandi Njikam, University of Yaounde II in Cameroon Sokhna Diarra Mboup, Gaston Berger University, Senegal Benjamin Ndong, University Gaston Berger, Senegal Henry Okodua, Covenant University, Nigeria Oluyomi Ola-David, Covenant University, Nigeria Wumi Olayiwola, ECOWAS Commission, Nigeria Henri Atangana Ondoa, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon Evans Osabuohien, German Development Institute Joseph Parfait Owoundi, Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Cameroon Edris H. Seid, Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute, Ethiopia Henri Ngoa Tabi, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon