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No Factories, No Trade: CEMAC Faces the Challenge of Structural Transformation
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No CEMAC member State accounts for more than 10% of exports to the continent.
The free movement of people, planned since 1999, has...
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Burkina Faso's latest decree requiring every student wishing to study abroad to obtain government authorization marks more...
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Investment inflows will generate the expected level of development impact in Cameroon if the country addresses persistent challenges like regulatory inefficiencies, institutional fragmentation, and...
Rethinking Commercial Leadership in Central Africa: Addressing the Challenges of Informality, Inequality, and Digital...
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From Market Expansion to Value Addition: Repositioning CEMAC’s Trade Strategy for Structural Transformation
Repositioning CEMAC’s trade strategy requires a decisive shift from commodity-based market participation toward value-driven production systems, where trade, industrial policy, and regional integration are...