Measuring Trade Integration in Africa

Measuring Global and Regional Trade Integration in Terms of Concentration

I apply concentration measures from the inequality literature the Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient to the measurement of global and regional integration, and show that these can be derived from the theoretical gravity model in the presence of unequal costs of access for firms from different locations to a particular market. Overall, comparing 9 economies, I find that the USA is the most global...

R&D Spillovers, Trade Integration And Expansion Of Trade Flows In East- West Asia And Pacific

Meeting the Challenges of Regional Integration, Intra-African Trade and Economic Growth in Africa

The Africa Economic Research Consortium (AERC) hosted the third in the series of Workshops between January 31 – February 1, 2007; in Nairobi, Kenya. The partners Africa’s Development Bank (AFDB), Joint Africa Institute (JAI), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), New Economic Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) and the World Bank provided assistance with logistical arra...

De - Fragmenting aFrica Deepening Regional Trade Integration in Goods and Services

The Regional Performance Impacts in the Supply Chain integration: Evidence from East Africa Basic Metal Industry

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between regional firm performance and supply chain integration practices. In addition to literature survey, the primary data collection instrument used was a questionnaire which was administrated to a total sample of 200 industry experts, administrative officers, functional department heads and directors, the industry managing dire...