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Regional Integration in Africa: Where do we Stand?

Regional Integration in Africa: Where do we Stand?. Jaime de Melo. Outline. A Primer on the theory of Regional Integration confronted to 20 th and 21 st Centuries The challenge of integration in Africa along the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) A first look at overly ambitious RECs

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Regional Integration in Africa: Where do we Stand?

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  1. Regional Integration in Africa: Where do we Stand? Jaime de Melo

  2. Outline • A Primer on the theory of Regional Integration confronted to 20th and 21st Centuries • The challenge of integration in Africa along the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) • A first look at overly ambitious RECs • The landscape along the Abuja Roadmap: • Economic and geography characteristics • Cultural and institutional • Correlates of bilateral Trade in Manufactures • The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (2018) and the triangle of incompat • Detecting the Effects of integration: • Trade-intensity indices • Gravity-calibrated trade costs • Building the RECs: Depth vs- breadth • Towards a provision of regional public goods

  3. References (1) • [3] Sapir, A. (2011) “European Integration at the Crossroads: A Review Essay on the 50th Anniversary of Bela Balassa's Theory of Economic Integration”, Journal of Economic Literature, 49(4), 1200-1299 • [3] Melo, Panagariya and Rodrik (1992) “The New Regionalism: A Country Perspective”, http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/404321468741002634/pdf/multi0page.pdf • [1] Melo, Jaime de, and Yvonne Tsikata (2015) “Regional Integration in Africa: Challenges and Prospects” in C. Monga and J. Lin eds. The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Oxford University Press and FERDI-WPI#93 • [2] Melo, Jaime de, Mariem Nouar, and Jean-Marc Solleder (2017) «Integration Along the Abuja Road Map”, FERDI WP# 191, forthcoming in Newfarmer, Page, and Tarp eds. Industrializing Africa without Smokestacks, Oxford, Oxford University Press. Summary here https://www.ictsd.org/bridges-news/bridges-africa/news/a-fresh-look-at-africa%E2%80%99s-integration-in-regional-economic • [5] Will West Africa’s Common External Tariff Protect Consumers? • http://www.theigc.org/blog/will-west-africas-common-external-tariff-protect-consumers/ • Africa Economic Outlook 2019 “Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity”, chp. 3 of AEO 2019

  4. References (2) • [6] EU Trade Deals with Developing Nations: Missed Opportunities • http://www.voxeu.org/article/eu-trade-deals-developing-nations-missed-opportunities • [1] Byers, Melo and Brown (2018) “Working with the Grain of African Integration” (https://ecdpm.org/publications/working-with-the-grain-of-african-integration/), Policy Brief • [3] Regional integration arrangements in Africa: Is a large membership the way forward? • http://www.ictsd.org/bridges-news/bridges-africa/news/regional-integration-arrangements-in-africa-is-a-large-membership • [3] Make Preferential Treatment Real for Africa: Relax Rules of Origin • http://blogs.worldbank.org/trade/make-preferential-treatment-real-for-africa-relax-rules-of-origin • [4] Regional trade Agreements in Africa: Success or failure? • http://www.theigc.org/blog/regional-trade-agreements-in-africa-success-or-failure/ • [4] The African Continental Free Trade Area: An Integration Trilemma • https://theforum.erf.org.eg/2019/01/28/african-continental-free-trade-area-integration-trilemma/

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