Regional Integration and Trade in Africa

Désiré Avom, University of Yaounde II, CameroonThierry Kame Babilla, University of Yaoundé II, CameroonIbrahima CamaraHopestone Kayiska Chavula, Economic Commission for AfricaLanre Kassim, University of Kent, United KingdomMouhamed Mbouandi Njikam, University of Yaounde II in CameroonSokhna Diarra Mboup, Gaston Berger University, SenegalBenjamin Ndong, University Gaston Berger, SenegalHenry Okodua, Covenant University, NigeriaOluyomi Ola-David, Covenant University, NigeriaWumi Olayiwola, ECOWAS Commission, NigeriaHenri Atangana Ondoa, University of Yaoundé II, CameroonEvans Osabuohien, German Development InstituteJoseph Parfait Owoundi, Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development, CameroonEdris H. Seid, Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute, EthiopiaHenri Ngoa Tabi, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon

• 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