Regional opportunities in East Africa

Stephen Karingi, Ottavia Pesce and Lily Sommer

No wp-2016-160, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Significant progress has been made by the East African Community partner states in implementing the East African Community customs union. Trade within the East African Community is now free from import duties, and partner states have adopted a three-band common external tariff. This paper assesses how the customs union has supported intraregional trade and industrialization, in particular through the development of competitive smokestack-free industries.

Keywords: Exports; Free trade; Customs union; Competitiveness; East African Community; Industrialization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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