Trade and Investment in East Africa Prospects, Challenges and Pathways to Sustainability

The trade and investment policy analysis of constraints andopportunities aims to improve trade and competitiveness and covers macro- (economy-wide), meso- (sectoral) and micro- (firm or household) levels. This multi-level approach is crucial for understanding how current trade and investment policie...

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Other Authors: Demena, Binyam Afewerk (Editor), Van Bergeijk, Peter A.G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Frontiers in African Business Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Trade potential and bottlenecks in East Africa: a gravity approach
  • Trade Complementarities between Europe and Tanzania
  • The Effect of the tripartite free trade area on trade flow in Southern and Eastern Africa
  • Investment climate and international integration of firms in EAC
  • Productivity premia and firm heterogeneity in Eastern Africa
  • Learning by exporting: Evidence from EAC Countries
  • The effect of FDI and trade openness on the firms export competitiveness and product diversification among EAC
  • Competitiveness of East African exports: A constant market share analysis
  • The leather value chain: A review of the literature
  • Export promotion and farmers’ welfare impact: evidence from common beans(phaseolus vulgaris l) farming in Arusha
  • Export Performance of the Horticultural Sub-Sector in Tanzania
  • Effectiveness of Zanzibar seaweed cluster initiative enhancing seaweed value chain
  • The impact of cross border traders’ cooperatives on the income of small-scale women traders: A case study of trade between Rwanda and Uganda