TY - BOOK AU - Tamirisa,Natalia T. AU - Subramanian,Arvind AU - Tamirisa,Natalia T. TI - Africa's Trade Revisted T2 - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper SN - 1451845189 : SN - 1018-5941 PY - 2001/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Africa Trade KW - imf KW - Bilateral Trade KW - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General KW - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity KW - Gravity Model KW - Partner Countries KW - Congo, Democratic Republic of the N2 - The popular impression that Africa has not integrated into world trade, as suggested by the evolution in simple indicators, has been called into question recently by more formal analysis. This paper refines and generalizes this analysis, but lends support to the popular view of disintegration. Africa, especially Francophone Africa, is currently under-exploiting its trading opportunities and has witnessed disintegration over time, a trend that is most pronounced in its trade with the technologically advanced countries UR - http://elibrary.imf.org/view/IMF001/00164-9781451845181/00164-9781451845181/00164-9781451845181.xml UR - http://www.imfbookstore.org/IMFORG/9781451845181 ER -