{"product_id":"beyond-the-record-von-gregory-mthembu-salter","title":"Beyond the Record","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfrican countries are often exhorted to trade more between themselves, with official statistics indicating disappointingly little economic activity between them. Yet the statistics massively under-capture the complex realities of African cross-border trade. This dissertation offers a new methodology for assessing un-recorded African cross-border trade, and applies it on the border crossing between Cyangugu, Rwanda and Bukavu, DRC. The dissertation provides estimates for trade values and volumes in a range of goods and services, demonstrating that trade on this border is vibrant and mostly unrecorded. There is also a historical summary of trade across the Cyangugu-Bukavu border to provide context. The conclusion argues that intra-African trade is far more substantial then official statistics indicate, and that alternative methodologies, such as the one implemented for this study, are needed to evaluate and understand its workings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783847377740\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe political economy of cross border trade between Cyangugu, Rwanda and Bukavu, DR Congo\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783847377740","offer_id":39493647302749,"sku":"9783847377740","price":59.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/64ed28c6-7199-4a2e-9600-23eece7ac94e.jpg?v=1776230302","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/beyond-the-record-von-gregory-mthembu-salter","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}