Key Figures - Conceptual Issues in the Political Economy of Integration and the CFTA - Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VIII

Conceptual Issues in the Political Economy of Integration and the CFTA provides insights on political economy dimensions leading, or constraining, regional integration in Africa and the CFTA. These are framed across five “lenses” that help to unpack and explain the complexities of regional integration. Consideration of the political economy is crucial for “bringing the CFTA about” and the messages from this chapter are mainstreamed throughout those which follow it.