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Trade and Investment in East Africa

Part of the Frontiers in African Business Research Book Series

Editors: Demena, Binyam Afewerk; Van Bergeijk, Peter A.G.

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4211-2

ISBN: 978-981-19-4210-5

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore - Springer Journals

Nov 2, 2022

1 - 10 of 15 Chapters

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Trade and Investment in East Africa: Introduction, Overview, and Implications

Demena, Binyam Afewerk; van Bergeijk, Peter A. G.

Pages: 3 –19
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EAC Integration: Evidence-Based Policy in Difficult Times

Mmari, Donald; Msami, Jamal; Mwombela, Stephen; Mpapalika, Jane; Demena, Binyam Afewerk; van Bergeijk, Peter A. G.

Pages: 21 –39

[This chapter addresses challenges in the legal, political, institutional, and cultural domains offering suggestions and policy proposals based on a discussion of the history of the EACEast African Community (EAC), its ups and downs, and its current outlook. We provide an overview of protocols...
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Preferential Market Access, Foreign Aid, and Economic Development. A Case of the EU-ACP Preferential Trade Agreement

Afesorgbor, Sylvanus Kwaku

Pages: 41 –61

[Several studies highlight that exporters in developing countries (LDCs) face substantial trade costs when exporting to developed countries (DCs). Thus, granting preferential market accessPreferential market access to LDCs by DCs is expected to play a pivotal role, especially in reducing trade...
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Investment Climate, Firm Heterogeneity, and Internationalization of Firms: What Matters for EAC Firms?

Demena, Binyam Afewerk

Pages: 65 –83

[This chapter investigates several investment climateInvestment climate measures and firm characteristics on the internationalizationInternationalization of domestic firms using the World Bank Enterprise Surveys firm-level data in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). I first build an empirical framework on...
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Trade Complementarities Between Europe and Tanzania

Yussuf, Huda Ahmed; Albiman, Masoud Mohammed

Pages: 85 –107

[We study the changes in comparative advantageComparative advantage over time of Tanzanian exports and identify opportunities for trade with Europe. Comparative advantageComparative advantage is measured using the Balassa index (and the Volrath index as a robustness check). Additionally, trends...
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Trade Potential and Bottlenecks in East Africa: A Gravity Approach

Demena, Binyam Afewerk; van Bergeijk, Peter A. G.

Pages: 109 –128

[The stylized facts of applied gravity analysis are that regional integration has comparatively speaking progressed well in the EAC, that trade creation by far outweighs trade diversion and that EAC is the most advanced in terms of tariff liberalization. Given this existing body of knowledge, in...
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Productivity Premia and Firm Heterogeneity in Eastern Africa

Demena, Binyam Afewerk; Msami, Jamal; Mmari, Donald; van Bergeijk, Peter A.G.

Pages: 131 –161

[ProductivityProductivity development is a key issue for export-driven growth and development. We use East African Community (EAC)East African Community (EAC) firm-level data. Instead of focusing on single EAC partners, using the World Bank Enterprise Surveys, we investigate firm-level...
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Export Status Changes and Firm Productivity: Evidence from EAC Countries

Lesseri, Gerald P.; Salum, Kauthar S.

Pages: 163 –183

[Many developing countries are stimulating their firms to compete in world markets as part of the efforts to promote economic growth. This move is, however, driven by desirable performance characteristics that are observed among exporting firms relative to firms that sell in the domestic market...
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The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Openness on the Firms' Export Competitiveness and Products Diversification Among East African Community Members

Albiman, Masoud Mohammed; Yussuf, Huda Ahmed; Hemed, Issa Moh’d

Pages: 185 –212

[This chapter examines the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)and trade opennessTrade opennesson competitivenessCompetitiveness and diversification among East African Community (EAC)East African Community (EAC) members. Unlike previous studies, we investigated...
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Competitiveness of East African Exports: A Constant Market Share Analysis

Achentalika, Harry Thomas Silas; Msuya, Dorah Teddy

Pages: 213 –238

[East African Community (EAC)East African Community (EAC) exports are steadily growing. This performance of exports could be attributed to improving competitivenessCompetitiveness despite fluctuating world trade, but also to the market focus of exporters and/or the composition of the exported...

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