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Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

This book presents the results of a research project organized by CEPR, with the Rockefeller Foundation and the Commonwealth Secretariat, which examined the role of international trade in the economies of sub-Saharan Africa. The book includes an anlysis of the effects of the terms-of-trade and the volume and composition of exports on overall African trade patterns with two chapters on the political issues of the legacy of colonial underdevelopment and the distribution of winners and losers from trade liberalization. Other 'cross-country' chapters address the effects of OECD trade policies on the growth of African exports and present theoretical studies of the trade components of structural adjustment packages and optimal policies to compress imports. The volume also studies six sub-Saharan countries, chosen for the diversity of their economic structures and with a view to geographical balance. These analyse the contributions of government policy and external factors to export performance, import compression, import demand and non-traditional exports. The book is essential reading for anyone working in economic policy research, especially those whose work relates to the African continent and the consequences for the world economy of the changes taking place there.

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Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds) (1991), ‘Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (1991), ‘Trade and development in sub-Saharan Africa: an overview‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Sverberg, P (1991), ‘The export performance of sub-Saharan Africa‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Frimpong-Ansah, J (1991), ‘Sub-Saharan Africa and the international trade system: Perspectives of policy‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Bienen, H (1991), ‘The politics of trade liberalization‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Sverberg, P and R Erzan (1991), ‘Protection facing exports from sub-Saharan Africa in the EC, Japan and the US‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Cable MP, V (1991), ‘African trade policy and multilateral negotiations‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Kanbur, R (1991), ‘The theory of structural adjustment and trade policy‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Collier, P and T Besley (1991), ‘Import compression and trade policy‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Ndula, B and N Lipumba (1991), ‘International trade and economic development in Tanzania‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Umo, J (1991), ‘An analysis of Nigeria's trade with special reference to import demand‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Davies, R (1991), ‘Trade, trade management and development in Zimbabwe‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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Quarcoo, P (1991), ‘A study of Ghana's trade performance‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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M'Bet, A (1991), ‘Non-traditional exports in Cote d'Ivoire‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa

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N'geno, N (1991), ‘Kenya's export performance‘, in Kanbur, R, P Sverberg and J Frimpong-Ansah (eds), Trade and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/trade-and-development-sub-saharan-africa