## Trade Reform and Regional Integration in Africa

_Books, December 3, 1998_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: December 3, 1998
- Series: Books
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557757692.071

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### Summary
- Edited by Zubair Iqbal and Mohsin Khan, this volume is a collection of papers given at a seminar on trade issues in Africa, conducted by the IMF nad the African Economic Research Consortium.
- It represents the views of government officials, academics, and representatives from multilateral and regional agencies on issues relating to trade reform and regionalism in Africa.
- Issues covered include:
  - the role of trade liberalization in promoting sustained growth,
  - interdependence of trade and macroeconomic policies,
  - impediments to effective trade reforms,
  - the steps needed to accelerate trade reform,
  - and the importance of regional interaction.

### Major themes and substantive findings
- Role of trade liberalization:
  - Trade liberalization as a mechanism for promoting sustained growth.
- Interdependence of policies:
  - Trade and macroeconomic policies are interdependent and must be considered jointly.
- Impediments to reform:
  - Identification of impediments to effective trade reforms (not enumerated in the source summary).
- Acceleration of reform:
  - Steps needed to accelerate trade reform (not enumerated in the source summary).
- Regional interaction:
  - Importance of regional interaction for trade reform and integration.

### Subject classification and keywords
- Subject: Exports, Imports, International trade, Regional integration, Tariffs, Taxes, Trade liberalization, Trade policy
- Keywords: a number of AERC-supported researcher, Africa, BOOK, country, East Asia, Exports, IMF Headquarters, Imports, liberalization, PTA trade liberalization program, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tariffs, trade, trade diversion, Trade liberalization, Trade policy, trade reform, West Africa

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