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Department of Governance and Regional Integration, Pan African University Institute of Governances, Humanities and Social Sciences, Yaounde, Cameroon

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• Review Article   
  The Impact of Multi-membership on Intra-trade Performance in African Economic Communities
  Author(s): Tolessa Shanko Kerore*
  
  African Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) are anticipated to boost the member country's economic growth and development. Africa currently has eight regional economic communities. Due to regional economic integration, notably trade agreements between African regions, the majority of African countries are members of multiple regional economic communities, creating a multi-membership (spaghetti bowl). The objective of the study is to assess the effect of multi-membership in African economic communities on intra-trade performance among COMESA, IGAD and EAC using a pooled Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression model. The research revealed that having numerous memberships hinders rather than fosters intra-regional trade and regional integration. Similar to earlier research, multiple memberships burden African governments with significant time, energy, and resource costs and make them ma.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2151-6219.2023.14.462

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