World trade increased by 14 percent in 1988 against a mere 2.6 per cent for Africa's trade. Africa's external trade balance has been constantly in deficit since 1980. Furthermore, Africa's internal trade as well as its ...

In order to fully understand the concerns of the developing countries in general and of Africa in particular about the collapse in international negotiations, it is essential to briefly review, at the outset, the background ...

This brief progress report on the trade situation between Africa and the People's Republic 6f China is pursuant to the decision taken at the eighth and ninth Conference of African Ministers of Trade. It is based on the ...

This report examines Africa's external trade performance since 1987 in the light of overall trends in world trade enumerated above. In particular it focuses on results of the negotiating process under the auspices of: the ...

Report of the first meeting of the Ministerial Follow-up Committee on International Trade and Finance for African Development, held at the headquarters of Addis Ababa, from 9 to 11 March 1981.

This paper presents the Report of the second meeting of the Ministerial Follow-up Committee on international trade and finance for African development, held at Addis Ababa, from 25-26 January 1982.

This paper presents the Draft rules and regulations for the operations of the clearing house of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States, of the Meeting of Clearing and Payments Committee of the ...

This document focuses on the Libereville; memorandum on trade and development (Africa and UNCTAD VI) at Economic Commission for Africa on the meeting of extraordinary conference of African ministers of trade preparatory ...

This report on the implementation of the Integrated Programme for Commodities is intended to give only an overview of the progress so far achieved. It nonetheless includes highlights of certain constraints encountered at ...