The First International Conference on Trade Openness, Economic Development, and Economic Sustainability, held in March 2023 in Kathmandu, brought together academics, policymakers, and practitioners to explore the intersections of trade…
This study examines Africa’s reliance on imported products using fivecriteria: market concentration, foreign demand, capacity for domestic substitution, market relevance, and product elasticity of substitution. Byanalyzing Africa’s imports with over…
This study analyzes the effect of China’s import dominance on Africa’s structural transformation, measured through the Shapley decomposition approach. A pooled mean group Autoregressive Distributed Lag (PMG-ARDL) model is analyzed using panel data…