This paper uses trade data from the COMESA statistical database covering 19 countries covering the period 1997 to 2013 to analyze the trade competitiveness of selected agricultural commodities traded among COMESA member states using the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) methodology. The computed RCA indices showed that countries in the COMESA region had fluctuating advantages in trade in different food staples over the years.

ReSAKSS-ECA Methodology Workshop held on 16th November, 2011 at Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.

ReSAKSS-ECA Methodology Workshop held on 16th November, 2011 at Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.

October 5 - 7, 2011, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany - "Development on the Margin"

On January 18th, 2011, Zambia became the 23rd country to sign its country CAADP Compact.  In so doing, Zambia joins three other SADC member countries (Malawi, Tanzania, and Swaziland) and seven other COMESA member countries (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Swaziland, and Uganda). 

The compact was signed at a ceremony in Lusaka by representatives from the Zambian government, cooperating partners, civil society, farmers' organizations, as well as COMESA and other regional economic organizations. 

ReSAKSS Issue Brief No. 18

ReSAKSS Issue Brief number 18 provides a quantitative assessment of the potential impacts of the formation of a COMESA customs union, specifically of having free trade among COMESA countries while imposing a common external tariff against imports from outside COMESA. 

ReSAKSS Working Paper No. 30 provides a quantitative assessment of the potential impacts of the formation of a COMESA customs union, specifically of having free trade among COMESA countries while imposing a common external tariff against imports from outside COMESA. Contrary to the expectations, the study reveals that the proposed COMESA customs union will not be beneficial to a majority of the member countries.