
Regional Trade Arrangements in Africa : Past Performance and the Way Forward »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2005/36
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Yongzheng Yang , and Sanjeev Gupta
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 2005
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451860559.001
ISBN: 9781451860559
Keywords: Regional Trade Arrangements, regional integration, regional trade, trade liberalization, intraregional trade, Simulation Methods, Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: Forecasting and Simulation,
Regional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Africa have been ineffective in promoting trade and foreign direct investment. Relatively high external trade barriers and low resource complementarity between member countries...