7 Why Is Trade Reform So Difficult in Africa?
Author:
Mr. Dani Rodrik https://isni.org/isni/0000000404811396 International Monetary Fund

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Language:
English
Print Publication Date:
03 Dec 1998
Keywords:
BOOK; liberalization; country; trade; trade reform; IMF Headquarters; trade diversion; a number of AERC-supported researcher; PTA trade liberalization program; Tariffs; Trade policy; Trade liberalization; Exports; Imports; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Southern Africa; East Asia; West Africa; government policy; trade liberalization policy; import regime; tariff revenue; Trade barriers; Caribbean

Abstract

The year 1996 was a rare good one for Africa. The continent registered its highest rate of economic growth in two decades: 5.0 percent (IMF, 1997). Among the larger economies, the star performers were Uganda, Ghana, Cameroon, and Côte d’Ivoire, along with Morocco and Tunisia (see Table 1). While these are good signs, it will take many years of growth at such levels (or better) to undo the damage that more than two decades of stagnation and decline have inflicted on most countries of the region.

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Cover Trade Reform and Regional Integration in Africa
Trade Reform and Regional Integration in Africa
ISBN:
9781557757692
Publication Date:
03 Dec 1998
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557757692.071
Pages:
532