Overview
This text addresses the prospects and challenges of the free trade area of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. In a broad context, therefore, it focuses on one of the most important challenges to world trade in the 21st century, especially for Africa and the developing world, namely the question of regional trade integration. The most extant theoretical and empirical aspects of the question are integrated with institutional and policy issues. The analysis is illustrated through examples from a sample of African economies. The book concludes by proposing the vision and appropriate strategies for advancing the regional trading arrangements by COMESA. It is hoped that the work will make a timely contribution not only to our understanding of the prospects and challenges of regional trading arrangements in Africa but also to the paradigm of regional trade integration in developing countries. The book is comprehensive in coverage and attempts to strike a balance between the theory, evidence and policy issues.
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Author: Victor Murinde
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: New edition
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9780754617327
ISBN 10: 0754617327
Pages: 274
Publication Date: 28 April 2001
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
Contents: Introductory overview, Victor Murinde; The COMESA free trade area: concept, challenges and opportunities, Charles L. Chanthunya; An historical background to the formation of COMESA, Siteke G. Mwale; The institutional framework of COMESA, Stephen Karangizi and Mwansa J. Musonda; Foreign direct investment, regional integration and economic growth: some lessons for Africa, Anthony Bende-Nabende; Export promotion and economic growth: evidence on African economies, Charles L. Chanthunya and Victor Murinde; The implications of WTO and GATS for the banking sector in Africa, Victor Murinde and Cillian Ryan; Globalization, economic restructuring, supply and policy responses in developing countries, Fadhil A. Mahdi; The COMESA vision and strategy for integrating trade and development regionally into the 21st century, Erastus J.O. Mwencha; References; Index.
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'...some interesting and well informed chapters...' The Round Table
'...some interesting and well informed chapters...' The Round Table
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Victor Murinde, The University of Birmingham, UK Victor Murinde, Charles L. Chanthunya, Siteke G. Mwale, Stephen Karangizi, Mwansa J. Musonda, Anthony Bende-Nabende, Charles L. Chanthunya, Cillian Ryan, Fadhil A. Mahdi, Erastus J.O. Mwencha.
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