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Africa: How to Ensure Africa's Bold Free Trade Area Propels Industrialisation
African Arguments, 10 April 2018
Africa's industrialisation needs a boost. Implemented correctly, the AfCFTA could provide it. Here's how. Read more »
How Africa's Bold Free Trade Area Can Propel Industrialisation
More intra-African trade would also have crucial knock-on effects. Given that manufactured goods make up a much higher proportion of regional exports than those leaving the continent - 41.9% compared to 14.8% in 2014 - more intra-African trade means much more opportunity for industrialisation, write David Luke and Lily Sommer for The Conversation Africa.
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