Regional Economic Integration and Economic Growth in the COMESA Region, 1980–2010

Alex Thomas, Ijjo; Henry, Karamuriro Tumwebaze

dc.contributor.author	Henry, Karamuriro Tumwebaze
dc.contributor.author	Alex Thomas, Ijjo
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-03T12:28:26Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-03T12:28:26Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	Henry, Karamuriro Tumwebaze, Alex Thomas, Ijjo (2015), ; Regional Economic Integration and Economic Growth in the COMESA Region, 1980–2010, African Development Review, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2015, 67–77	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/135
dc.description.abstract	A key goal of the COMESA Treaty (1993) was to stimulate sustainable economic growth in the region through increased trade between member states. On the basis of a 1980–2010 annual panel dataset, we examine the contribution of COMESA integration to economic growth in the region using instrumental variables GMM regression in the framework of a cross-country growth model. Contrary to a priori expectation, we find no significant empirical support for a positive growth impact, as yet, on the region from the integration. Growth in capital stock, population, world GDP and the level of openness to international trade turned out to be the most robust drivers of growth in the COMESA region over the period.	en_US
dc.publisher	African Development Review	en_US
dc.subject	Regional	en_US
dc.subject	Economic Integration	en_US
dc.subject	COMESA Region	en_US
dc.title	Regional Economic Integration and Economic Growth in the COMESA Region, 1980–2010	en_US
dc.type	Other	en_US