Economic Development Through Regional Trade: A Role for the New East African Community?

Kimbugwe, K.; Perkidis, N.; Yeung, M.; Kerr, W.

Post-colonial Africa is littered with regional trade agreements that amounted to little more than a photo opportunity for the leaders that signed them. This book explores conventional explanations for past failures and posits a new theory rooted in the symbiotic relationship between authoritarian politics and crony-capitalism.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-02-14

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230314214

DOI: 10.1057/9780230369924

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 263