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Countries’ Scores and Rankings African leaders have long agreed on the benefits of regional integration. The question is how has that translated into reality? ARII’s findings show that…
Index Makeup ARII uses sixteen indicators, grouped into five dimensions, to measure how well each country and region in Africa is integrated with its neighbours. ARII also measures the state of…
Welcoming visa policies mean more business, more investment, and more innovation. A welcoming visa environment makes it possible to scale up local ventures, build economies of scale, and…
According to the 2018 edition of the African Development Bank’s Infrastructure Development Index, infrastructure investments account for over half of Africa’s recent economic growth. This…
The convergence and stabilisation of macroeconomic policies within a region creates a healthy financial climate that attracts cross-border investments. The degree to which a country is…
A country is well-integrated productively if its productive capacities complement those of other countries in the region; that is, if it specialises in stages of production where it has a…
Africa has eliminated significant trade tariffs in recent years. Yet tariffs are only one way of limiting trade. Non-tariff measures – sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures, variances in…
ARII uses 16 indicators, grouped into five dimensions, to measure how well each country and region in Africa is integrated with its neighbours. Technical differences between ARII 2016…
