Economic Development Through Regional Trade - Kimbugwe, K. a Perkidis, N. a Yeung, M. a Kerr, W.

Post-colonial Africa is littered with regional trade agreements that amounted to little more than a photo opportunity for the leaders that signed them. This book explores conventional explanations for past failures and posits a new theory rooted in the symbiotic relationship between authoritarian politics and crony-capitalism.