Integration of African Countries in Regional and Global Value Chains: Static and Dynamic Patterns
| dc.contributor.author | Mensah, Emmanuel B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Biesebroeck, Johannes Van | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-17T11:03:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-17T11:03:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We study the geographic concentration of trade flows of African countries using information on the global input-output structure from the Eora database. Most countries show a similar concentration between close-by vs. long-distance trade in their foreign input sourcing as in their export sales. However, changes over the last two decades indicate that many countries increasingly focus their long-distance trade on only one of these two dimensions. This trend is most pronounced in manufacturing industries with stronger global value chains. In line with the learning-by-exporting hypothesis, export success on distant markets is a leading predictor (Granger causes) of regional export success. Only in light manufacturing do we find some evidence of a reverse pattern, i.e., regional exports preceding global exports. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/handle/123456789/3414 | |
| dc.publisher | African Economic Research Consortium | en_US |
| dc.subject | GVC; Upgrading; Granger causality | en_US |
| dc.title | Integration of African Countries in Regional and Global Value Chains: Static and Dynamic Patterns | en_US |