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Global Value Chain Participation and Trade Barriers in Sub-Saharan Africa

In: Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Herman S. Geyer

    (Stellenbosch University)

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The economic gap between sub-Saharan Africa and the Global North is widening, even though the subcontinent is increasingly being integrated into global value chains (GVCs). Based on regression analyses, this chapter assesses GVC participation and its relationship with national regulatory governance structures for sub-Saharan Africa at a macro level. By analysing the relationship between domestic and foreign value-added production inputs to sub-Saharan African exports, the author concludes that GVC participation is unfavourable for many regional countries, as they largely export non-upgraded production inputs. The chapter also aims to analyse the relationship between GVC chain participation and various trade barriers, showing that these are of limited significance with the current state of value chain participation.

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  • Herman S. Geyer, 2019. "Global Value Chain Participation and Trade Barriers in Sub-Saharan Africa," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Sören Scholvin & Anthony Black & Javier Revilla Diez & Ivan Turok (ed.), Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa, pages 13-26, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-030-06206-4_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-06206-4_2
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    1. David Oluseun Olayungbo & Badar Alam Iqbal, 2021. "An empirical analysis of African trade blocs effects on the global economy: new evidence from the gravity model," Future Business Journal, Springer, vol. 7(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Anthony Black & Lawrence Edwards & Ruth Gorven & Willard Mapulanga, 2020. "Agro-processing, value chains, and regional integration in Southern Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2020-36, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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