The Topology of African Exports: emerging patterns on spanning trees

Tanya Araújo and Ennes Ferreira

No 2016/06, Working Papers Department of Economics from ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa

Abstract: This paper is a contribution to interweaving two lines of research that have progressed in separate ways: network analyses of interna- tional trade and the literature on African trade and development. Gathering empirical data on African countries has important limi- tations and so does the space occupied by African countries in the analyses of trade networks. Here, these limitations are dealt with by the definition of two independent bipartite networks: a destination share network and a commodity share network. These networks - together with their corresponding minimal spanning trees - allow to uncover some ordering emerging from African exports in the broader context of international trade. The emerging patterns help to understand important characteristics of African exports and its binding relations to other economic, geographic and organizational concerns as the recent literature on African trade, development and growth has shown. Key Words : Trade networks, African exports, Spanning trees, Bipartite graphs

Date: 2016-02
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