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

Tumwebaze, Henry Karamuriro; Ijjo, Alex Thomas

dc.contributor.author	Tumwebaze, Henry Karamuriro
dc.contributor.author	Ijjo, Alex Thomas
dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-16T10:26:30Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-16T10:26:30Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	Tumwebaze, H, K. and Ijjo, A. T. (2015). Regional Economic Integration and Economic Growth in the COMESA Region 1980-2010. African Development Review. 27(1), 2015, 67-77.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/78
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 data set, we examine the contribution of COMESA integration to economic growth in the region using instrumental variables GMM regression in the framework of across-country growth model. Contrary to a prior i 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.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Blackwell Publishing Ltd.	en_US
dc.subject	Sustainable Economic Growth	en_US
dc.subject	Economic Growth	en_US
dc.subject	Trade Integration	en_US
dc.subject		en_US
dc.subject	International Trade	en_US
dc.title	Regional Economic Integration and Economic Growth in the COMESA Region, 1980–2010.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US