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Slides - Africa In The World Trade Network, Luca De Benedictis
Slides - Africa In The World Trade Network, Luca De Benedictis
Luca De Benedictis
Here you find the slides of the presentation of the paper Africa in the World Trade Network held in Lausanne University at ETSG 2010, September 10th 2010
Africa In The World Trade Network, Luca De Benedictis
Africa In The World Trade Network, Luca De Benedictis
Luca De Benedictis
This paper contributes to the analysis of the effect of the global financial crisis (Claessens et al., 2010) on African coutries (IMF, 2009) inspecting the effect of the crises on bilateral trade flows. The empirical analysis makes intensive use of network analysis techniques, describing the international trade of SSA countries as part of the world trade network. The paper analyzes the change in the topology of the trade network during the crisis. Single SSA countries participation to the network is reported in terms of link strength and centrality, showing if some specific countries were more radically disconnected from the giant …