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Does Pesticide Regulation Impact The Export Competitiveness Of Major Global Cocoa Producers?, Olaide Akin-Olagunju, Abiodun Falusi, Sulaiman Yusuf, Victor Okoruwa
Does Pesticide Regulation Impact The Export Competitiveness Of Major Global Cocoa Producers?, Olaide Akin-Olagunju, Abiodun Falusi, Sulaiman Yusuf, Victor Okoruwa
Journal of African Trade
Abstract Several methods are used to evaluate competitiveness, but the non-inclusion of quality measures, despite their importance in international product markets, gives less credence to such assessments. This study evaluates export competitiveness in the cocoa sector from the context of pesticide regulations. Such regulations are now increasingly common, due to their perceived benefits for humans, animals, and the environment. The results of our study show that cocoa-exporting countries stand to derive more earnings if standards are harmonized at the Codex level. Adherence to international standards, as reflected in large standard-scaled trade values, enhances competitiveness: yet compliance capacity must be matched …
Economic Integration Agreements And Export Survival In Ghana, Kwabena Nkansah, Paul Owusu Takyi, Daniel Sakyi, Frank Adusah-Poku
Economic Integration Agreements And Export Survival In Ghana, Kwabena Nkansah, Paul Owusu Takyi, Daniel Sakyi, Frank Adusah-Poku
Journal of African Trade
Abstract This study examines the effect of regional integration—specifically, that of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as an economic integration agreement—on the survival rate of Ghana’s exports. It employs a discrete-time complementary log–log hazard model with a random effects estimation technique and Kaplan–Meier estimates of the survival function, using data spanning from 1996–2018. The findings from the study indicate that ECOWAS has a significantly negative impact on the hazard rate of Ghana’s exports, implying that ECOWAS as an economic integration agreement increases the survival rate of Ghana’s exports for both aggregate exports and commodity-specific ones. Additionally, the …
Institutional Quality And Intra-Regional Trade Flows: Evidence From Ecowas, Sebil Olalekan Oshota, Bashir Adelowo Wahab
Institutional Quality And Intra-Regional Trade Flows: Evidence From Ecowas, Sebil Olalekan Oshota, Bashir Adelowo Wahab
Journal of African Trade
Abstract Since institutional quality can either create or destroy incentives for individuals to engage in trade, it has become a source of worry to policymakers, as it can limit both intra- and extra-regional trade. Based on this, we empirically analyzed the extent to which national institutional quality affects bilateral trade flows in ECOWAS based on a gravity model for the period from 2000 to 2018. Specifically, the study employs the negative binomial pseudo-maximum likelihood estimator (NBPML). The results reveal that institutional variables with both aggregated and disaggregated measures of the quality of institutions have a significant and positive impact on …
Exporters In Africa: What Role For Trade Costs?, Helena Afonso, Sebastian Vergara
Exporters In Africa: What Role For Trade Costs?, Helena Afonso, Sebastian Vergara
Journal of African Trade
Abstract This paper investigates the role of trade costs for exporter dynamics in Africa. In comparison to exporters from other regions, African exporting firms are fewer, smaller, and relatively less diversified in terms of products and destinations. African countries also display the highest rates of entry, exit, and turnover of exporting firms, exporting products, and export destinations. This suggests that Africa’s exporting activity is volatile and subject to much experimentation, with exporters facing difficulties maintaining trade relationships. The analysis also confirms that trade costs are a crucial factor in explaining exporter performance in Africa vis-à-vis other regions, but also among …
Scoping The Potential For A Digital Led Recovery From Covid-19 In Africa, Rashmi Banga, Karishma Banga
Scoping The Potential For A Digital Led Recovery From Covid-19 In Africa, Rashmi Banga, Karishma Banga
Journal of African Trade
Abstract In this paper, we analyse the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for Africa's trade in digitizable products, digitally deliverable services (DDSs), and e-commerce, and we outline the challenges of a digitally led recovery from the pandemic for African countries. The analysis is based on macro- and micro-level data and a review of extant literature. We find that almost 60% of the global exports of digital products in 2020 originated from the EU, with another 16% from North America. Africa's share in global exports of digital products, by contrast, was less than 1%. In the case of intra-Africa trade, exports …
Investment Climate And Foreign Direct Investment In Africa: The Role Of Ease Of Doing Business, Angelica E. Njuguna, Emmanuel Nnadozie
Investment Climate And Foreign Direct Investment In Africa: The Role Of Ease Of Doing Business, Angelica E. Njuguna, Emmanuel Nnadozie
Journal of African Trade
Abstract This paper explores the relationship between the ease of doing business, as one of the investment climate indicators, and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in Africa. It uses instrumental variable estimation and the control function approach to correct for possible endogeneity between FDI and the ease of doing business as well as economic growth. The study uncovers evidence that the ease of doing business plays a positive role in attracting FDI. The findings support African countries’ attempts to invest in improving their business environment to attract favorable FDI.
Effects Of Icts On The Terms Of Trade Of Sub-Saharan African Economies, Fabrice Nzepang, Saturnin Bertrand Nguenda Anya
Effects Of Icts On The Terms Of Trade Of Sub-Saharan African Economies, Fabrice Nzepang, Saturnin Bertrand Nguenda Anya
Journal of African Trade
Abstract This paper argues that the increasing adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is a factor that improves the terms of trade of sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies. According to new theories of international trade, ICTs can change the terms of trade by increasing productivity, reducing costs, and increasing human capital endowment and specialization. Here, we use World Development Indicators (WDI) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) data over the period from 2005 to 2017 and a vector autoregression (VAR) model on a panel of 39 SSA countries to illustrate the importance of ICTs in this regard. …
Common Currency And Intra-Regional Trade In The Central African Monetary Community (Cemac):, Divine Ngenyeh Kangami, Oluyele Akinkugbe
Common Currency And Intra-Regional Trade In The Central African Monetary Community (Cemac):, Divine Ngenyeh Kangami, Oluyele Akinkugbe
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Effect Of China’S Zero-Tariff Treatment Under Forum On China-Africa Cooperation (Focac) On Export Diversification In Beneficiary Countries In Africa:, Zhina Sun, Ehizuelen Michael Mitchell Omoruyi
Effect Of China’S Zero-Tariff Treatment Under Forum On China-Africa Cooperation (Focac) On Export Diversification In Beneficiary Countries In Africa:, Zhina Sun, Ehizuelen Michael Mitchell Omoruyi
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Trade Costs And Demand-Enhancing Effects Of Agrifood Standards: Consequences For Sub-Saharan Africa:, Aristide Djimgou Tchakounte, Dela-Dem Doe Fiankor
Trade Costs And Demand-Enhancing Effects Of Agrifood Standards: Consequences For Sub-Saharan Africa:, Aristide Djimgou Tchakounte, Dela-Dem Doe Fiankor
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Environmental Effects Of The African Continental Free Trade Agreement: A Computable General Equilibrium Model Approach:, Marta Bengoa, Somya Mathur, Badri Narayanan, Hanna C. Norberg
Environmental Effects Of The African Continental Free Trade Agreement: A Computable General Equilibrium Model Approach:, Marta Bengoa, Somya Mathur, Badri Narayanan, Hanna C. Norberg
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Estimating The Effect Of Afcfta On Intra-African Trade Using Augmented Ge-Ppml:, Hippolyte Fofack, Richman Dzene, Omar A. Mohsen Hussein
Estimating The Effect Of Afcfta On Intra-African Trade Using Augmented Ge-Ppml:, Hippolyte Fofack, Richman Dzene, Omar A. Mohsen Hussein
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Afreximbank In The Era Of The Afcfta:, Benedict Oramah
Afreximbank In The Era Of The Afcfta:, Benedict Oramah
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Reaping The Afcfta Potential Through Well-Functioning Rules Of Origin:, Komi Tsowou, Junior Davis
Reaping The Afcfta Potential Through Well-Functioning Rules Of Origin:, Komi Tsowou, Junior Davis
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Trade Integration In West Africa: Does The Quality Of Institutions Matter?:, Vigninou Gammadigbe
Trade Integration In West Africa: Does The Quality Of Institutions Matter?:, Vigninou Gammadigbe
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Regional Developmentalism In West Africa: The Case For Commodity-Based Industrialization Through Regional Cooperation In The Cocoa–Chocolate Sector:, Jonathan Bashi Rudahindwa, Sophie Van Huellen
Regional Developmentalism In West Africa: The Case For Commodity-Based Industrialization Through Regional Cooperation In The Cocoa–Chocolate Sector:, Jonathan Bashi Rudahindwa, Sophie Van Huellen
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
The Afcfta And African Trade—An Introduction To The Special Issue:, Hippolyte Fofack, Andrew Mold
The Afcfta And African Trade—An Introduction To The Special Issue:, Hippolyte Fofack, Andrew Mold
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Ecowas And Afcfta: Potential Short-Run Impact Of A Draft Ecowas Tariff Offer:, Peter Lunenborg, Thomas Roberts
Ecowas And Afcfta: Potential Short-Run Impact Of A Draft Ecowas Tariff Offer:, Peter Lunenborg, Thomas Roberts
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Proving Hegel Wrong: Learning The Right Lessons From European Integration For The African Continental Free Trade Area:, Andrew Mold
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Regional Integration And Trade: The Case Of The Common Market For Eastern And Southern Africa (Comesa) Free Trade Area:, Grace Gondwe
Regional Integration And Trade: The Case Of The Common Market For Eastern And Southern Africa (Comesa) Free Trade Area:, Grace Gondwe
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Is It Export- Or Import-Led Growth? The Case Of Kenya:, Peter Simiyu Wamalwa, Maureen Were
Is It Export- Or Import-Led Growth? The Case Of Kenya:, Peter Simiyu Wamalwa, Maureen Were
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Prospects And Challenges For Supply Chain Trade Under The Africa Continental Free Trade Area☆:, Jaime De Melo, Anna Twum
Prospects And Challenges For Supply Chain Trade Under The Africa Continental Free Trade Area☆:, Jaime De Melo, Anna Twum
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
The African Continental Free Trade Area: A Historical Moment For Development In Africa:, Vera Songwe, Jamie Alexander Macleod, Stephen Karingi
The African Continental Free Trade Area: A Historical Moment For Development In Africa:, Vera Songwe, Jamie Alexander Macleod, Stephen Karingi
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
The Impact Of Imports From China On African Textile Exports:, Yong He
The Impact Of Imports From China On African Textile Exports:, Yong He
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Export Diversification Effects Of Aid For Trade In Sub-Saharan Africa:, Stein Masunda
Export Diversification Effects Of Aid For Trade In Sub-Saharan Africa:, Stein Masunda
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Rules Of Origin Across African Regional Trading Agreements: A Landscape With Measures To Address Challenges At Harmonization☆:, Julien Gourdon, Dzmitry Kniahin, Jaime De Melo, Mondher Mimouni
Rules Of Origin Across African Regional Trading Agreements: A Landscape With Measures To Address Challenges At Harmonization☆:, Julien Gourdon, Dzmitry Kniahin, Jaime De Melo, Mondher Mimouni
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Considerations For Rules Of Origin Under The African Continental Free Trade Area:, Landry Signé, Payce Madden
Considerations For Rules Of Origin Under The African Continental Free Trade Area:, Landry Signé, Payce Madden
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Mind The Measure: On The Effects Of Antidumping Investigations In Egypt:, Nada Hazem, Chahir Zaki
Mind The Measure: On The Effects Of Antidumping Investigations In Egypt:, Nada Hazem, Chahir Zaki
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Regional Integration And Growth Spillovers: Is Africa An Economic Space?:, Abdoulaye Seck, Founty Alassane Fall, Khadidiatou Aidara
Regional Integration And Growth Spillovers: Is Africa An Economic Space?:, Abdoulaye Seck, Founty Alassane Fall, Khadidiatou Aidara
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.
Exchange Rate Dynamics And Trade Balance In Selected African Countries:, Mohammed Shuaibu, Abdulrasheed Isah
Exchange Rate Dynamics And Trade Balance In Selected African Countries:, Mohammed Shuaibu, Abdulrasheed Isah
Journal of African Trade
No abstract provided.