Regional Integration and Trade in Africa

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