Richard E Mshomba

Economic Integration in Africa

The East African Community in Comparative Perspective

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an in-depth analysis of economic integration in Africa with a focus on the East African Community (EAC).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781107186262
• ISBN-10: 1107186269
• Artikelnr.: 47971708

Autorenporträt

Richard E. Mshomba is Professor of Economics at La Salle University, Philadelphia. Born and raised in Tanzania, he received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Africa in the Global Economy (2000), a Choice Outstanding Academic Book, and Africa and the World Trade Organization (Cambridge, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Regional economic integration in Africa
3. The colonial background of the former East African community
4. The rise and fall of the former East African Community
5. The birth and growth of the current East African Community: the Customs Union
6. The common market
7. The road to monetary union
8. Aspirations for an East African political federation
9. Aspirations for continent-wide integration
10. Conclusion
Bibliography.