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Sub-Saharan Africa's declining importance in global trade is primarily due to its inability to remain competitive in international markets. If Africa merely retained its 1962-64 shares for major products its exports would now be 75% ($11 billion) higher. External protection against Africa has not played an important role in this decline -- in fact, OECD trade preferences made market access conditions...
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