Regional Integration and Cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Are Formal Trade Agreements the Right Strategy?

S. Radelet

Working Papers from Harvard - Institute for International Development

Abstract: This paper examines the potential for success for trade-focused regional integration agreements in sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on southern Africa. The paper surveys the eexisting literature on regional integration, and attempts to distill the most relevant lessons about success and failure for the current integration initiatives in the region. It finds that there is little reason to expect significant economic gains from formal trade agreements at this time.

Keywords: TRADE; AFRICA; REGIONAL INTEGRATION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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