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Cancún and post-Cancún briefing papers on Africa and the Doha development agenda : the current state of play in the negotiations
(2004)
The multilateral trading system embodied in the World Trade Organization has contributed significantly to economic growth, development and employment throughout the past fifty years, particularly in the light of the global ...
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 ...
Economic and welfare impacts of the EU-Africa economic partnership agreements
(2005-03)
Th e Cotonou Partnership Agreement (CPA) between the European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacifi c (ACP) countries is expected to succeed the expired Lomé Agreement. It envisages the signing of Economic Partnership ...
Trade liberalization under the Doha Development Agenda : options and consequences for Africa
(2004-08)
This study provides a quantitative estimate of the potential economic consequences of multilateral trade reform for Africa. It uses a framework that incorporates issues of particular concern to Africa, such as preference ...
Leveraging WTO negotiations on trade facilitation to operationalise the almaty programme of action
(2008-11)
The Almaty Programme of Action (APoA) was adopted in August 2003 to address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and to establish a new global framework for action for developing efficient transit transport ...
Assessing the consequences of the economic partnership agreement on the Rwandan economy
(2005-03)
This paper quantifi es the potential economic and welfare impacts of the Economic Partnership Agreement currently being negotiated between the European Union and the ACP countries, on the Rwandan economy. The paper analyses ...
Economic and statistical analyses of trade capacity building in sub-saharan Africa
(2004-10)
This paper focuses on the Doha decision as it relates to countries in the Sub-Saharan African region. It identifies the capacity problems faced by Sub-Saharan African countries in the multilateral
trading system and ...
Interim economic partnership agreements point to the classic regional trade agreements after all : should African countries really be worried
(2009-04)
In a departure from some previous studies on the EPAs negotiations that have focused on economic
analysis; this paper starts from the premise that for the EU, the EPAs are international trade policy tools
in the same ...
Towards the African template for economic partnership agreements : Explanation and Recommendations
(2008-11)
This effort towards an African EPA template is meant and designed to assist the African Union member states in their negotiation of economic partnership agreements with the European Commission. It is produced as requested ...
EPA Negotiations: African countries continental review
(2007-02)
In July, the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors agreed upon a joint declaration setting out the modalities and terms of reference for the implementation of the Review of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations ...