Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) have evolved from being primarily concerned with trade issues to addressing non-trade issues. Apart from focusing on issues like trade in goods, services, and intellectual property-related issues, modern PTAs,…
Internationalization has become an important feature of the informal sector in West Africa, in the last few decades. Yet, official trade and financial data provide a very misleading picture of the patterns and magnitudes of cross border trade in the…