Essays about: "Intra-Regional Trade"

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1. 1. Intra-Regional Trade in Africa in the Era of Regional Integration

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Aarne Walter Hakomäki; [2021]
   Keywords : Regionalism; Trade; Africa; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : A global surge in the number of regional trade agreements has taken place since the 1990s. Their impact on the trade patterns and development of participating countries has been a frequent topic of debate. In this study I analyse the impact of joining a regional trade on the trade patterns of African countries. READ MORE

3. 2. Does China’s Growing Economic Engagement Hamper Intra-regional Trade in ECOWAS?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Petja Aki Samuli Karppinen; [2020]
   Keywords : Trade; China; ECOWAS; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The rapid growth of China’s economic influence in the Economic Community of Western Africa (ECOWAS) in recent decades has raised concerns about its impact on many aspects of economic development in the region. One issue is the potential negative impact on intra-regional trade, as the influx of Chinese imports could harm local industries while the growing commodity exports to China could reinforce resource dependency. READ MORE

4. 3. A revisiting of African integration: economic growth through self-sustainment?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Enzo Boccara; [2020]
   Keywords : Africa; Intra-regional Trade; Export Diversification; Economic Growth; Regional Economic Communities; AfCFTA.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : African exports that end up in other African countries today is less than 20%, a low value compared to that of Europe, Asia and America, all above 50%. However, these intra-African exports are more diversified than African exports reaching other continents. READ MORE

5. 4. ECOWAS and WAEMU as Tools for Promoting Export Diversification

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Alexander Edberg Thorén; Fredrik Azelius; [2016]
   Keywords : Economic Integration; ECOWAS; Export Diversification; Intra-Regional Trade; and WAEMU; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines export diversification with main focus on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a union promoting economic integration in the region of West Africa. The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), another Regional Integration Agreement (RIA), is also of main importance for the study. READ MORE

6. 5. Why do not African countries trade with one another? A qualitative study of factors affecting the intra-African trade

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Johanna Grönbäck; [2014]
   Keywords : Africa; Mali; Zimbabwe; regional trade; trade; institutionalism; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : An increased regional trade in Africa is often defined as a key tool for a continued development of the continent, but although a numerous of policies aiming at increasing the trade have been adopted, the intra-regional trade remains stubbornly low. Why is that so? In this thesis some of the factors that potentially are affecting the trade are studied in a qualitative design. READ MORE