Essays about: "african regional integration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words african regional integration.

1. 1. Regional Power Asymmetries and their Effects on Regional Integration: The Case of ECOWAS

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Axel Fégeant; [2022]
   Keywords : Trade integration; Africa; ECOWAS; Hegemon; Nigeria; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : African regional trade integration remains an understudied field as most of the theories and concepts applied to the phenomenon have been largely drawn in the background of the European context. This study aims to study the Economic Community of West African States by applying a new theoretical approach that posits that there are two logics for developing countries to integrate regionally, an extra-regional and intraregional. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

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. Why Overlapping Regionalism? Drivers of Zambia’s dual memberships in COMESA and SADC: A pluralism of perceptions

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Robin Alnäs; [2019-09-20]
   Keywords : overlapping regionalism; overlapping memberships; regional integration; Africa; Zambia; COMESA; SADC; spaghetti bowl;

   Abstract : In contrast to current global trends, Africa seems more determined than ever to come together. But as African governments and political leaders recurrently cite regional integration as a top priority, their persistent commitment to multiple overlapping regional organizations (ROs) seems perplexing. READ MORE

6. 5. The East African Community - An Export Diversification Opportunity?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Wilhelm Henriksson; [2017]
   Keywords : Export diversification; EAC; HHI; Regional integration; Economic integration; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper aims to answer the question whether the formation of the customs union within the East African Community (EAC) has led to a higher export diversification among its member states. Export diversification can reduce a country’s vulnerability to price movements of exported goods and thus lead to a more stable economy. READ MORE