Developmental Regionalism and the Political Economy of Africa&#039;s Integration

Gabila Fohtung Nubong

doi:10.5771/9781793617408

Summary

In Developmental Regionalism and the Political Economy of Africa's Integration, Gabila Nubong argues that there are opportunities to transform the continent and the structural nature of its economies. Nubong revisits some of the earlier debates of Africa's industrialization and explores avenues of leveraging current opportunities to industrialize by focusing on integrating unbundled global production value chains. This book proposes that Africa should shift its development paradigm to pursue a model of regional corporation that combines integration and development objectives together, coined as ‘Developmental Regionalism.’ This approach would move African countries up global production value chains with the transformation of their minerals and the diversification of their economies through avenues of industrialization that unbundle production processes and increase servicification of manufacturing. Nubong argues that with breaking away from the proverbial resource curse and taking advantage of its demographic dividend and growing economies, Africa can chart a different future for itself within a developmental regionalism paradigm.

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Edition: 1/2023
Copyright Year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-1739-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-1740-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 134
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgements No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Conceptualising Regionalism and Regional Integration No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Note No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Historical Context of Africa’s Integration No access
3. Some of the Challenges of Regional Integration in Africa No access
4. Summary and Conclusion No access
5. Note No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. The Organisation of African Unity No access
  2. The Lagos Plan of Action No access
  3. The Abuja Treaty No access
  4. The African Union and NEPAD No access
  5. The African Continental Free Trade Area No access
3. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. A Comparison of European Union and African Union Integration Experiences No access
3. An Overview of Africa’s Institutions of Integration No access
4. The Functioning of Europe’s Institutions of Integration No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Note No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Imperative of Evidence-drive integration in Africa No access
3. A Case for the Adoption of Developmental Regionalism in Africa’s Integration Practice No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Note No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Challenges to Industrialisation in Africa No access
3. Africa’s Possibilities to Pursue a Resources-based Industrialisation Pathway No access
4. Other Current Industrialisation Possibilities for Africa No access
5. Industrialisation within a Developmental Regionalism Paradigm No access
6. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Future of Africa’s Development, New Opportunities, and the Developmental Regionalism Question No access
3. Conclusion No access
Bibliography No access Pages 123 - 126
Index No access Pages 127 - 132
About the Author No access Pages 133 - 134