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Measuring illicit financial flows: A gravity model approach to estimate international trade misinvoicing

Illicit financial flows have recently attracted the attention of academia, practitioners, and multilateral organizations who consider them harmful to economic development...

Gravity model Illicit financial flows International trade
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Trade effects of the East Africa Customs Union in Tanzania: Application of a structural gravity model

By measuring the effects of forming and joining a regional integration bloc using an augmented structural gravity model, this paper finds that the East African Community (EAC) and EAC Customs Union have significantly enhanced Tanzanian trade into EAC...

East African Community Customs union Single Customs Territory
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Effects of Foreign Aid on Income through International Trade

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness

Bilateral aid Exports Free trade
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Effects of foreign aid on income through international trade

This paper presents a review of recent studies that estimate the trade effects of foreign aid...

Bilateral aid Exports Free trade
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Integration along the Abuja road map: A progress report

From the book: Industries without Smokestacks

Gravity model Regional Economic communities Regional integration arrangements
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Integration along the Abuja road map: A progress report

This paper reviews integration among the eight African Regional Economic Communities by comparing their characteristics and progress with three other South–South Regional Integration Arrangements...

Gravity model Regional Economic communities Regional integration arrangements
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