This report puts regional integration under the spotlight as being necessary for Africa's development, recalling that this is an aspiration dating back to the independence period in the 1960s. Critically examining the developments that have marked these last 50 years in terms of economic and political integration, the publication underscores how much it needs to be stepped up. The world may well be radically changing, but African integration remains as topical as ever, concludes the Report, which also highlighted how much integration could stimulate sustained, inclusive growth.
The development of distribution networks and regional trade within global and African value chains into which the continent fits, institutional challenges, infrastructure – both tangible and "intangible" – indispensable to interconnect markets and boost competitiveness, strengthened financial systems, were among the challenges to the continent's integration that were examined in the report.
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