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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2329</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8986</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">35275</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2329-2023-31-2-197-210</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">BGZZVR</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ГЛОБАЛИЗАЦИЯ И ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКАЯ ИНТЕГРАЦИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">An economic project of regional integration in Africa</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Экономический проект региональной интеграции в Африке</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Djeghar</surname><given-names>Aicha</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Джегхар</surname><given-names>Айша</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Doctor in Urbanism, Lecturer, Department of management of cities, Institute of Management of Urban Techniques, Laboratory Director: LABTERDIR</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">доктор технических наук в области городского планирования, лектор, кафедра управления городами, Институт управления городскими технологиями</bio><email>Aicha.djeghar@univ-constantine3.dz</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University Constantine3 Salah Boubnider</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Константин3 Салах Бубнидер</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-06-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>06</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>31</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">CHALLENGES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:  GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ПРОБЛЕМЫ УСТОЙЧИВОГО РАЗВИТИЯ:  ГЛОБАЛЬНОЕ ПАРТНЕРСТВО В НОВЫХ УСЛОВИЯХ</issue-title><fpage>197</fpage><lpage>210</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-07-07"><day>07</day><month>07</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Djeghar A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Джегхар А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Djeghar A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Джегхар А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/35275">https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/35275</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">According to the latter’s 2022 report, foreign direct investment (FDI) to Africa reached $83 billion in 2021. This increase is due to the proportion of 45 % of the total linked to an intra-company financial transaction in South Africa. In reality, the global integration of Africa does not. Average global economic growth over the past twenty years has not exceeded 2.5 % (UNCTAD 2020). In the continent, globalization continues to be combined with a multitude of cooperation agreements and monetary unions. Globalization is seen as a process where Africa is a rich passive periphery in the hands of the powerful. The African Union recognizes that the plans it has developed have not achieved the expected objectives (Rapport UA 2020). Africa is still not integrated into the global economy. Underdevelopment continues to proliferate in the continent. Faced with this observation, a question arises: how then to boost the economic integration of Africa? This research aims to demonstrate the importance of reviving local development projects, because global integration must first go through African regional integration supported by African states themselves. There are strategic projects of development that could boost Africa’s development. This research aims to express the importance of the trans-Saharan road project in Algeria for regional integration. The method adopted is the descriptive one. We highlight the local riches of the country. The potentialities described in this intervention, constitute a part of the optimal economic environment of the trans-Saharan road. The project starts from the Mediterranean Sea crosses all the Algerian and then Nigerien territory to the Atlantic could be the stimulator that will boost African trade. In the economy of the 21st century, “The Trans-Saharan Highway” project is an opportunity for African and foreign investors to position themselves strategically and then concretize the regional and global integration of Africa.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Согласно последнему отчету 2022 г., объем прямых иностранных инвестиций (ПИИ) в Африку в 2021 г. достиг 83 млрд долл. США. Этот рост обусловлен тем, что 45 % от общего объема связано с внутрифирменной финансовой операцией в Южной Африке. В действительности глобальная интеграция Африки не происходит. Средний рост мировой экономики за последние двадцать лет не превышал 2,5 % (UNCTAD 2020). На континенте глобализация по-прежнему сочетается с множеством соглашений о сотрудничестве и валютных союзах. Глобализация рассматривается как процесс, в котором Африка является богатой пассивной периферией в руках сильных мира сего. Африканский союз признает, что разработанные им планы не достигли ожидаемых целей. Африка все еще не интегрирована в глобальную экономику. Возникает вопрос: как же стимулировать экономическую интеграцию Африки? Цель данного исследования - продемонстрировать важность возрождения местных проектов развития, поскольку глобальная интеграция должна сначала пройти через африканскую региональную интеграцию, поддерживаемую самими африканскими государствами. На континенте разработаны и реализуются ряд стратегических проектов, призванных ускорить социально-экономическое развитие африканских стран. Целью исследования является определение роли проекта строительства Транссахарской дороги в Алжире для более эффективной интеграции региона. Потенциальные возможности, описанные в работе, составляют часть оптимальной экономической среды транссахарской дороги. Проект, начинающийся от Средиземного моря и пересекающий всю территорию Алжира, а затем Нигерии до Атлантики, может стать тем стимулятором, который будет способствовать развитию африканской торговли. В экономике XXI в. проект «Транссахарская магистраль» - это возможность для африканских и иностранных инвесторов ускорить региональную и экономическую интеграцию стран Африки.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>development of Africa</kwd><kwd>Algerian economic recovery program</kwd><kwd>foreign direct investment</kwd><kwd>Trans-Saharan road</kwd><kwd>african economic exchanges</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>развитие Африки</kwd><kwd>Алжирская программа восстановления экономики</kwd><kwd>прямые иностранные инвестиции</kwd><kwd>Транссахарская дорога</kwd><kwd>африканские экономические обмены</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Ayadi, M. (2020). 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