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Unrestricted market access for sub-Saharan Africa: important benefits with little cost to the QUAD
(2005-03)
The issue of unrestricted market access for sub-Saharan Africa has featured lately in the debate on overcoming Africa’s development challenges through trade, rather than aid. This paper assesses empirically the impact of ...
La diversification, vers un Nouveau paradigme pour le développement de l'Afrique
(2006-06)
Ce rapport se fixe pour objectif de réfléchir sur la problématique de la diversification et d’en faire un nouveau cadre d’élaboration des stratégies de développement des économies africaines. Cet objectif est cohérent avec ...
L'acces aux marches peut-il aider l'agriculture africaine?
(2005-11)
La question de l’accès aux marchés revêt un caractère crucial pour l’Afrique. Depuis l’avènement de l’OMC et le rôle de plus en plus dynamique qu’ils y jouent, les pays africains n’ont cessé de mettre l’accent sur cette ...
Pourquoi l'Afrique s'estelle marginalisée dans le commerce international?
(2005-05)
Les performances commerciales de l’Afrique n’ont cessé de se détériorer durant les deux dernières décennies. Qu’il s’agisse de la place du continent dans les échanges mondiaux ou de la croissance des exportations africaines, ...
Regional Workshop on Trade and Development: Address By Mr. Hakim Ben Hammouda, Director of Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
(2004-11)
Address by Mr. Hakim Ben Hammouda, Director of Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at the Regional Workshop on Trade and Development. Mr. Hammouda, on his remarks highlighted ...
Did Africa benefit in Hong Kong ?
(2006-07)
This paper argues that Africa did not benefit much from the Hong Kong World Trade Organization(WTO) ministerial meeting. After recalling Africa’s concerns and priorities in the Doha Round and critically looking at some of ...
Assessing the Consequences of the Economic Partnership Agreement on the Economy of Sudan
(2007-09)
The CPA has adopted the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as the new framework for economic and trade cooperation. The primary aim of this cooperation is to contribute to the development of a trade regime that promotes ...
Global trade models and economic policy analyses : relevance, risks, and repercussions for Africa
(2006-12)
Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models are widely used for trade policy analyses and recommendations. Simulation results from these models have also been used as a basis for offering advice to African countries on ...
Trade and Growth in Africa: The Theoretical Framework of the TFED/ ECA Global Macroeconometric Model
(2007-02)
The Trade, Finance and Economic Development (TFED) of the Economic Commission for Africa is in the process of developing a global econometric model for Africa. This model could be used for forecasting major macroeconomic ...
Global Macroeconomic Models and African Trade and Finance: A Survey of the Literature
(2007-01)
The trade and finance problems of Africa have been extensively examined from both theoretical and empirical angles. In this survey, an attempt is made to locate these problems within a global economy context. This is ...