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Transforming southern Africa: Harnessing regional value chains and industrial policy for development
By UNCTAD.
19 October 2021
The AfCFTA impact on agricultural and food trade: A value added perspective
By Ilaria Fusacchia, Jean Balié and Luca Salvatici for the European Review of Agricultural Economics.
18 October 2021
West Africa competitiveness programme: Regional investment profile -Textile sector
By International Trade Centre.
13 October 2021
Lithium-cobalt value chain analysis for mineral based industrialization in Africa
By AfDB and ANRC.
18 August 2021
The African Development Corridors Database
18 August 2021
Rare Earth Elements (REE) - Value chain analysis for mineral based industrialization in Africa
By AfDB and ANRC.
17 August 2021
A system, not an error: Informal cross-border trade in West Africa
This paper uncovers some of the complexities of informal cross-border trade in West Africa, to draw implications for external partners and policymakers working to ‘address’ informal trade in the region.
14 June 2021
Making the AfCFTA and the RECs work
By Gerhard Erasmus for Tralac.
03 June 2021
REC integration approaches and their implications
By Gerhard Erasmus for Tralac.
03 June 2021
African regional integration: A problem-driven approach to delivering regional public goods
By Byiers B, Cazals A, Medinilla A., de Melo J. for Ferdi.
28 May 2021
The AfCFTA: From institutional structures to private sector engagement
Despite a global pandemic and much scepticism about how you get 54 countries to bring a free trade area into being, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is now underway. Or at least formally speaking – it can now be used by some companies, in some countries and for some products, while negotiations continue on outstanding issues.
12 April 2021
The African Continental Free Trade Area and developmental regionalism: A handbook
By Faizel Ismail for TIPS.
01 April 2021
Regional transport infrastructure programmes in Africa: what factors influence their performance?e their performance?
By Robert Tama Lisinge (UN Economic Commission for Africa) and Meine Pieter van Dijk (Maastricht School of Management) for the Canadian Journal of African Studies.
01 April 2021
The political economy of regional organisations in Africa – PEDRO project phase 2 (2021-2022)
The second phase of our work on the political economy dynamics of regional organisations in Africa (PEDRO II) focused on the African Union, and looked at the AfCFTA implementation process, the African Governance Architecture and the AU as an international actor.
15 February 2021
The African Union: What role in tackling Africa’s challenges?
For some, the AU is a symbol of pan-Africanism and continental collective action. Others, who seek to support African development and international partnerships, see it as a natural counterpart to the European Union (EU). We have created a virtual guide to understanding more of its history, how it works and what it has achieved since its creation.
01 February 2021
Transforming Southern Africa: Harnessing regional value chains and industrial policy for development (Chapter 1: Regional value chains and industrialisation)
By Saul Levin, Neva Makgetla for UNCTAD.
01 January 2021
Economic Development in Africa Report 2021: Reaping the potential benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area for inclusive growth
By United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
01 January 2021
Towards an enhanced Africa-EU Cooperation on Transport and Connectivity
By the Africa-Europe Task Force on Transport and Connectivity.
01 January 2021
The role of regional value chains in fostering regional integration in Southern Africa Anthony Black,Lawrence Edwards,Faizel Ismail,Brian Makundi &Mike Morris
By Anthony Black,Lawrence Edwards, Faizel Ismail ,Brian Makundi and Mike Morris for Development Southern Africa.
15 December 2020
The political economy of ‘scarcity’ in East Africa: A case study of sugar production, smuggling and trade in Tanzania
By Antonio Andreoni, Deograsias Mushi and Ole Therkildsen (DIIS) for the Anti-Corruption Evidence (ACE) Research Consortium.
01 December 2020