| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUTION | 第12-24页 |
| 1.1 Background and Significance | 第12-15页 |
| 1.1.1 Research Background | 第13页 |
| 1.1.2 East African Community | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 literature review | 第15-21页 |
| 1.2.1 Export Competitiveness | 第16-18页 |
| 1.2.2 The link between Export competitiveness and Economic growth | 第18-20页 |
| 1.2.3 Relationship between Exports and Economic Growth | 第20-21页 |
| 1.3 Problem Statement | 第21-22页 |
| 1.4 Objectives of Thesis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical study and Current trends of EAC exports | 第24-34页 |
| 2.1 Theoretical Hypothesis in analyzing EAC exports | 第24-28页 |
| 2.2 East African Trade Pattern | 第28-34页 |
| 2.2.1 Exports Imports and Trade balance | 第29-32页 |
| 2.2.2 East African exports shares by destination | 第32-33页 |
| 2.2.3 Exports Diversification and Specialization | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Empirical Study on EAC Export comparative advantage | 第34-36页 |
| 3.1 Data Specification | 第34页 |
| 3.2 Empirical Results of EAC RCA and related Indices | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 4 EAC Empirical Study on Export Competitiveness and Economicgrowth | 第36-48页 |
| 4.1 Empirical Analysis of EAC Export and GDP | 第36-37页 |
| 4.2 Hypothesis | 第37-38页 |
| 4.3 Data specifications | 第38-40页 |
| 4.3.1 Data Description and sources | 第38-40页 |
| 4.4 Regression Analysis results and interpretation | 第40-48页 |
| 4.4.1 Summary and descriptive statistics of variables | 第40-41页 |
| 4.4.2 Line Graph Overlays of growth in the region | 第41-44页 |
| 4.4.3 Regression tests carried | 第44-46页 |
| 4.4.4 The robust regressional results | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 5 Summary and Policy recommendation | 第48-52页 |
| 5.1 summary | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the study | 第49页 |
| 5.3 Significance of Research | 第49-50页 |
| 5.3.1 Investors | 第49页 |
| 5.3.2 Government and regulatory authorities | 第49页 |
| 5.3.3 Scholars and academicians | 第49-50页 |
| 5.4 Policy Recommendations | 第50-52页 |
| Reference | 第52-57页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第57-58页 |
| Appendix | 第58-75页 |
