After 50 years of success, multilateral trade liberalization, conducted under the umbrella of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is in a deadlock, as illustrated by the impasse in which the Doha Round is for almost 20 years.

Technology is the basis for sustainable agricultural growth. Enhanced agricultural productivity and growth depend, to a large extent, upon the widespread adoption of appropriate technologies by farmers.

Agricultural intensification is key to feed the rapidly increasing African population.

This chapter aims to propose an assessment of the reality of informal trade in Africa, particularly in agriculture: How is it defined? What are its determinants? What is its magnitude, both in terms of traded products and countries involved?

The 2020 AATM presented an overview of trade in agriculture products in Africa and highlighted the main impediments that affect intra- and extra-African trade.

This chapter examines agricultural trade integration in Southern Africa, focusing on SADC.

This chapter aims to shed light on those questions through the calculation of simple trade indicators, namely the export similarity index, trade complementarity index, and regional trade intensity index, as well as assessing the impact of tariffs

The objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of Africa’s trade structure and trade policy. We first analyze recent performance in different markets and identify changes in the composition and direction of trade.

In this chapter, we will provide more detailed statistics concerning the (un)competitiveness of African economies in these three value chains.

The objective of this first chapter is to provide an overview of recent issues related to agricultural trade in Africa.

Trade is positively associated with economic growth as it expands market opportunities, increases income earnings, and improves livelihoods.

The trade war between the United States and China involves the two largest players in the world economy (i.e., the two countries with the largest GDPs, and the largest exporters and importers).

Regional integration arrangements have proliferated across Africa over the last 40 years.

It is commonly agreed that trade integration can contribute to the acceleration of economic growth and to poverty alleviation.

This is the second annual Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM), a fl agship publication that is part of a collaborative initiative between the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Ru

This chapter uses a statistical approach to explore African agricultural competitiveness. We illustrate competitiveness through all three means mentioned above: microeconomic drivers, macroeconomic drivers, and impact.

Regional integration is often seen as a powerful development strategy that provides a large parallel market for the development of new industries and minimizes external shocks through increased national income and bargaining power (Balassa 1961).

Since the turn of the century, overall economic growth in Nigeria has been consistently strong—averaging around 5.4 percent per year, up substantially from about 2.0 percent during 1990–2000.

The first decade of the 21st century was extraordinarily good for developing countries and their mostly poor citizens.

Long considered the archetype of economic decline in Africa, Zambia more recently has been heralded as an example of Africa’s economic resurgence.