TY - BOOK ID - 135667379 TI - Trade Integration, Export Patterns, and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa AU - Calderon, Cesar. AU - Calderon, Cesar AU - Cantu, Catalina AU - Zeufack, Albert G. PY - 2020 PB - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Economic Growth KW - Export Competitiveness KW - Export Diversification KW - Export Patterns KW - International Economics and Trade KW - Manufacturing Trade KW - Regional Trade KW - Total Factor Productivity KW - Trade and Regional Integration KW - Trade Integration KW - Trade Policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135667379 AB - This paper examines systematically the growth effects of trade integration in Sub-Saharan Africa. It complements and improves upon the empirical literature in two aspects: first, it jointly estimates the impact of different dimensions of trade integration, namely, trade volumes, export/trade patterns by product (primary and manufacturing goods), and by destination (inter- and intra-regional). Second, it estimates the impact of trade integration on economic growth and its sources, that is, capital accumulation and total factor productivity growth. The analysis finds causal evidence that trade integration fosters growth. Additionally, manufacturing trade boosts growth and trade in primary goods hampers growth. Doubling the manufacturing trade share in Sub-Saharan Africa's gross domestic product would increase growth by 1.9 percentage points per year, while increases in primary trade reduce growth by 1 percentage point. This impact is mainly transmitted through lower capital accumulation. Finally, inter- and intra-regional trade have a positive impact on growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Doubling inter-regional trade will increase growth by 1.9 percentage points, and the same increase for intra-regional trade enhances growth by 0.6 percentage points. The effects of inter-regional trade are transmitted primarily through capital accumulation, while those of intra-regional trade are channeled through enhanced total factor productivity growth. ER -