Journal of African Trade

2014 - 2022

Current editor(s): Svetlana Zakharchenko

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Volume 9, issue 1, 2022

Economic Integration Agreements and Export Survival in Ghana pp. 1-22

Kwabena Nkansah, Paul Owusu Takyi, Daniel Sakyi and Frank Adusah-Poku

Investment Climate and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Ease of Doing Business pp. 23-46

Angelica Njuguna and Emmanuel Nnadozie

Does Pesticide Regulation Impact the Export Competitiveness of Major Global Cocoa Producers? pp. 47-72

Olaide Akin-Olagunju, Abiodun Falusi, Sulaiman Yusuf and Victor Okoruwa

Institutional Quality and Intra-Regional Trade Flows: Evidence from ECOWAS pp. 73-106

Sebil Olalekan Oshota and Bashir Wahab

Effects of ICTs on the Terms of Trade of Sub-Saharan African Economies pp. 107-119

Fabrice Nzepang and Saturnin Bertrand Nguenda Anya

Scoping the Potential for a Digital Led Recovery from COVID-19 in Africa pp. 120-143

Rashmi Banga and Karishma Banga

Exporters in Africa: What Role for Trade Costs? pp. 144-158

Helena Afonso and Sebastián Vergara Marezco

Volume 8, issue 2, 2021

The AfCFTA and African Trade—An Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 1-11

Hippolyte Fofack and Andrew Mold

The African Continental Free Trade Area: A Historical Moment for Development in Africa pp. 12-23

Vera Songwe, Jamie Alexander Macleod and Stephen Karingi

Afreximbank in the Era of the AfCFTA pp. 24-35

Benedict Oramah

Environmental Effects of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement: A Computable General Equilibrium Model Approach pp. 36-48

Marta Bengoa, Somya Mathur, Badri Narayanan and Hanna C. Norberg

Prospects and Challenges for Supply Chain Trade under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area pp. 49-61

Jaime de Melo and Anna Twum

Estimating the Effect of AfCFTA on Intra-African Trade using Augmented GE-PPML pp. 62-76

Hippolyte Fofack, Richman Dzene and Omar A. Mohsen Hussein

Considerations for Rules of Origin under the African Continental Free Trade Area pp. 77-87

Landry Signé and Payce Madden

Reaping the AfCFTA Potential Through Well-Functioning Rules of Origin pp. 88-102

Komi Tsowou and Junior Davis

ECOWAS and AfCFTA: Potential Short-Run Impact of a Draft ECOWAS Tariff Offer pp. 103-114

Peter Lunenborg and Thomas Roberts

Proving Hegel Wrong: Learning the Right Lessons from European Integration for the African Continental Free Trade Area pp. 115-132

Andrew Mold

Volume 8, issue 1, 2021

Regional Integration and Trade: The Case of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Free Trade Area pp. 1-12

Grace Gondwe

Common Currency and Intra-Regional Trade in the Central African Monetary Community (CEMAC) pp. 13-22

Divine Ngenyeh Kangami and Oluyele Akinkugbe

Effect of China’s Zero-Tariff Treatment under Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on Export Diversification in Beneficiary Countries in Africa pp. 23-32

Zhina Sun and Ehizuelen Michael Mitchell Omoruyi

Is it Export- or Import-Led Growth? The Case of Kenya pp. 33-50

Peter Simiyu Wamalwa and Maureen Were

Trade Costs and Demand-Enhancing Effects of Agrifood Standards: Consequences for Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 51-64

Aristide Djimgou Tchakounte and Dela-Dem Fiankor

Trade Integration in West Africa: Does the Quality of Institutions Matter? pp. 65-81

Vigninou Gammadigbe

Regional Developmentalism in West Africa: The Case for Commodity-based Industrialization through Regional Cooperation in the Cocoa—Chocolate Sector pp. 82-95

Jonathan Bashi Rudahindwa and Sophie Huellen

Rules of Origin across African Regional Trading Agreements: A Landscape with Measures to Address Challenges at Harmonization pp. 96-108

Julien Gourdon, Dzmitry Kniahin, Jaime Melo and Mondher Mimouni

Volume 7, issue 1, 2020

Mind the Measure: On the Effects of Antidumping Investigations in Egypt pp. 1-14

Nada Hazem and Chahir Zaki

Agricultural Imports, Agriculture Productivity and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 15-28

Esther N. Mwangi, Fuzhong Chen and Daniel M. Njoroge

Export Diversification Effects of Aid for Trade in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 29-36

Stein Masunda

Regional Integration and Growth Spillovers: Is Africa an Economic Space? pp. 37-44

Abdoulaye Seck, Founty Alassane Fall and Khadidiatou Aidara

The Demand for Imports and Exports in Africa: A Survey pp. 45-59

Michael Olabisi and W. Charles Sawyer

The Impact of Imports from China on African Textile Exports pp. 60-68

Yong He

Exchange Rate Dynamics and Trade Balance in Selected African Countries pp. 69-83

Mohammed Shuaibu and Abdulrasheed Isah

Volume 6, issue 1, 2019

The Effects of Trade Facilitation on Trade Performance in Africa pp. 1-15

Daniel Sakyi and Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor

Trade Reforms and Integration of Cocoa Farmers into World Markets: Evidence from African and non-African Countries pp. 16-29

Komi Tsowou and Samuel K. Gayi

Foreign Direct Investment and Export Competitiveness in Africa: Investigating the Channels pp. 30-46

Gladys Gamariel and Seedwell Hove

Trade and Industrialisation in Africa: SMEs, Manufacturing and Cluster Dynamics pp. 47-59

Raphael Kaplinsky and Mike Morris

How Do Trade Margins Respond to Exchange Rate? The Case of Egypt pp. 60-80

Chahir Zaki, Alia Abdallah and May Sami

The Impact of Regional Integration on Africa’s Manufacturing Exports pp. 81-87

Rodgers Mukwaya

Volume 5, issue 1, 2018

The consequences of Brexit for Africa: The case of the East African Community pp. 1-17

Andrew Mold

Trade dependence, liberalization, and exports diversification in developing countries pp. 19-34

Patrick Osakwe, Amelia Santos-Paulino and Berna Dogan

Trade facilitation and social welfare in Africa pp. 35-53

Daniel Sakyi, Isaac Bonuedi and Eric Evans Osei Opoku

Oil prices and African stock markets co-movement: A time and frequency analysis pp. 55-67

Grakolet Arnold Zamereith Gourène and Pierre Mendy

How well does observable trade data measure trade friction costs? Evidence from member countries within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) pp. 69-86

Festus Ebo Turkson

Volume 4, issue 1, 2017

Export market destination and performance: Firm-level evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1-19

Ousmanou Njikam

Effect of exchange rate volatility on trade in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 20-36

Bernardin Senadza and Desmond Delali Diaba

Aid for trade and Africa’s trade performance: Evidence from bilateral trade flows with China and OECD countries pp. 37-60

Adugna Lemi

Foreign direct investment, productivity and the technology gap in African economies pp. 61-74

Christopher Malikane and Prosper Chitambara

Understanding crude oil import demand behaviour in Africa: The Ghana case pp. 75-87

George Marbuah

Volume 3, issue 1, 2016

Infrastructure, trade facilitation, and network connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1-22

Ben Shepherd

Trade facilitation and trade participation: Are sub-Saharan African firms different? pp. 23-39

Abdoulaye Seck

Trade and economic growth in developing countries: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa pp. 41-56

Pam Zahonogo

Modelling the economic impact of the tripartite free trade area: Its implications for the economic geography of Southern, Eastern and Northern Africa pp. 57-84

Andrew Mold and Rodgers Mukwaya

Structural change and industrial policy: A case study of Ethiopia’s leather sector pp. 85-100

Michael Mbate