Economic Development Through Regional Trade: A Role for the New East African Community?

by May Yeung, Nicholas Perkidis, Kato Kimbugwe, et al.

Book Overview

Regional trade agreements proliferated in Africa in the wake of independence from colonial rule. For the most part these agreements failed to deliver the regional integration and economic benefits that were promised, and amounted to little more than a propaganda coup for the leaders that signed them. This book explores conventional explanations of the failure of these agreements, and challenges the accepted wisdom, highlighting the symbiotic relationship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023031421X
• ISBN13: 9780230314214
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"