This report is the result of a major research project on the process, progress, and current status of regional integration in Africa. The project was made possible through the keen interest and help from African member ...

This report focuses on the rationalization of the regional economic communities—one of the main challenges confronting Africa in its quest for full integration. In addition to documenting the major achievements of the ...

Regional integration remains the key strategy that will enable African governments to accelerate the transformation of their fragmented small economies, expand their markets, widen the region’s economic space, and reap the ...

This report finds that although there are some successes, African countries are still experiencing enormous difficulties in achieving the macroeconomic convergence criteria set by their RECs, such as targets on inflation, ...