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Trade and Investment in East Africa: Prospects, Challenges and Pathways to Sustainability

In: Frontiers in African Business Research

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Demena, Binyam Afewerk; Bergeijk van, Peter A. G.

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Abstract

Introduction -- Trade potential and bottlenecks in East Africa: a gravity approach -- Trade Complementarities between Europe and Tanzania -- The Effect of the tripartite free trade area on trade flow in Southern and Eastern Africa -- Investment climate and international integration of firms in EAC -- Productivity premia and firm heterogeneity in Eastern Africa -- Learning by exporting: Evidence from EAC Countries -- The effect of FDI and trade openness on the firms export competitiveness and product diversification among EAC -- Competitiveness of East African exports: A constant market share analysis -- The leather value chain: A review of the literature -- Export promotion and farmers' welfare impact: evidence from common beans(phaseolus vulgaris l) farming in Arusha -- Export Performance of the Horticultural Sub-Sector in Tanzania -- Effectiveness of Zanzibar seaweed cluster initiative enhancing seaweed value chain -- The impact of cross border traders' cooperatives on the income of small-scale women traders: A case study of trade between Rwanda and Uganda.

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Trade and investment in East Africa: prospects, challenges and pathways to sustainability

In: Frontiers in African business research

Demena, Binyam Afewerk; Bergeijk van, Peter A. G.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- EU Disclaimer -- Contents -- Part I Introduction, Policy Framework and Challenges -- 1 Trade and Investment in East Africa: Introduction, Overview, and Implications -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Strengthening Trade Capacities -- 1.3 Overview and Structure of the Chapters -- 1.3.1 The Potential for Trade and Investment -- 1.3.2 Productivity and Competitiveness -- 1.3.3 Industries, Cooperatives, and Value Chains -- 1.4 What Next? -- 1.4.1 Deepening Economic Integration -- 1.4.2 Implications and Key Messages -- References -- 2 EAC Integration: Evidence-Based Policy in Difficult Times -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A Short History of East African Community Integration -- 2.2.1 The Defunct East African Community -- 2.2.2 Re-Establishment of the EAC in Context -- 2.3 Progress Made on Deepening the EAC Integration -- 2.3.1 Customs Union Protocol -- 2.3.2 Common Market Protocol -- 2.3.3 Monetary Union Protocol -- 2.3.4 Political Federation Protocol -- 2.3.5 EAC Institutions -- 2.4 Enabling Environment -- 2.4.1 Governance Institutions -- 2.4.2 Legal and Regulatory Framework -- 2.4.3 Policy Space -- 2.5 Challenges in the EAC -- 2.5.1 Political and Legal Challenges -- 2.5.2 Economic Challenges -- 2.5.3 Social and Cultural Challenges -- 2.6 Measures to Address Challenges in the EAC Integration -- 2.6.1 Measures to Address Political and Legal Challenges -- 2.6.2 Measures to Address Economic Challenges -- 2.6.3 Measures to Address Social and Cultural Challenges -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Preferential Market Access, Foreign Aid, and Economic Development. A Case of the EU-ACP Preferential Trade Agreement -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Data -- 3.3 Empirical Framework -- 3.4 Estimation, Results, and Discussion -- 3.4.1 Assessment of the EU-ACP PTA -- 3.4.2 Market Access and Economic Development.