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Trade liberalization in IMF-supported medium-term adjustment programs in Sub-Saharan Africa
(1998-03)
This paper seeks to assess the role of trade reform in IMF supported programs in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), by reviewing multi year arrangements With SSA Countries in the 1990s, The paper also provides an anaIytica1 framework ...
Follow-up mechanisms to the first WTO ministerial conference and modalities to facilitate Africa's effective participation in the second WTO ministerial conference: report
(1998-03)
Africa is facing several challenges in the eve of the 21st century. To meet these challenges, the African continent will need to shift its economies onto a higher performance growth path which would require not only some ...
Report of mission : meeting of comesa policy organs
(1998-06)
The meetings of the Policy Organs of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) were held in Kinshasa, Congo D.R., from 21-29 June, 1998 .The COMESA Summit of the Authority is held every year, while the IC ...
Rapport sur l'atelier : atelier sur la gestion de la politique commerciale en Afrique de l'ouest
(1998-05)
Dans le cadre de la lère réunion du Comité Intergouvernemental d'Experts du Centre de Développement Sous- Régional pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest (SRDC/WA/CEA) , s'est tenu les 27 et 28 Mai 1998 au Palais des Congrès à Niamey, ...
Trade and investment liberalisation policies : issues of concern to the ESCAP region
(1998-03)
This paper was prepared by the International Trade and Economic Cooperation division, ESCAP, and is being presented at the meeting by Mr. Ravi Sawhney, Director of the Division. This paper examines trade and investment ...
Operational activities of the Centre
(1998-06)
The North African sub region is yet to take off economically and enter an era of sustainable development. Problems of youth and employment, trade and regional cooperation, along with rational management of the natural ...
General agreement on trade services (GATTS)
(1998-12)
In its present state, GATS has only limited disciplines on the liberalization of trade in services. There are many open questions in GATS that need to be addressed in future rounds. Long, medium and short-term solutions ...
Formulation of a trading strategy for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) sub-region
(1998-04)
The overall objective of the revitalized IGAD is conceived in the light of enhancing the capacity of member states to harmonize and co-ordinate policies of mutual benefits thus offering new innovative approaches to solving ...
Export diversification in Africa in the context of the Post-Uruguay Round
(1998-12)
This study has been undertaken in order to provide some preliminary results on the impact of the post-Uruguay Round environment on African economies, and more specifically on their efforts to diversify their exports as ...
Promoting cross-border initiatives: lessons, perspectives and challenges
(1998-12)
Since the beginning of the 1990s, there has been a revival of interest in economic integration in sub-Saharan Africa. In July 1990, the first Maastricht Conference on Africa, which led to the creation of the Global Coalition ...