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Identifying priority products and value chains for standards harmonization in Africa: technical study
(2020-07)
The Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area entered into force on 30 May 2019. The operational phase of the Agreement was launched on 7 July 2019 and tariff dismantlement will begin on 1 July 2020. ...
Un aperçu du commerce transfrontalier au long du corridor Abidjan-Lagos : pourquoi collecter des données sur le commerce transfrontalier informel
(2020)
Le commerce transfrontalier informel est un facteur important du commerce intra-africain et de la mise en œuvre de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECA). Une des principales caractéristiques du commerce ...
A snapshot of cross-border trade along the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor
(2020)
The study focuses on Informal Cross Border Trade (ICBT) is an important factor in intra-African Trade and the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. One major feature of trade in Africa is the ...
Digital trade provision in the AfCFTA: What can we learn from South-South Trade Agreements?
(2021-04)
The Heads of State and Government of the African Union decided to mandate negotiations for an e-commerce protocol to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Originally scheduled to form a “Phase III” of the ...
African continental free trade area: an opportunity to accelerate towards implementation of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 through pooled procurement of essential safe and quality drugs and products and local pharmaceutical production for the continent
(2020)
The pharmaceutical project led by the Economic Commission for Africa has the specific aim to bring ideas into action as part of the successful operationalization of the African Continental Free Trade Area. The project is ...
Trading under the African continental free trade Area January 2021
(2021-01)
According to the African Union Commission, 35 State parties have deposited their instruments of ratification of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area with the Chairperson of the Commission. The ...
Start of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area : a historical moment for development in Africa
(2021-01)
The present briefing note surveys the role of AfCFTA in responding to the economic crisis that has been created by the COVID-19 pandemic and in rebuilding the economy of Africa to better serve the developmental goals of ...
Status of Regional Integration in Africa -Focus on macroeconomic convergence
(2020)
Macroeconomic convergence is one of the key instruments for successful regional integrating as well as economic growth. It plays an important role in providing efficiency, promoting public accountability, and paving the ...
Rapport d’enquête : comment la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine est-elle perçue par le secteur privé dans la Communauté d’Afrique de l’Est
(2021-05)
Le présent rapport d’enquête est une initiative de la Communauté d’Afrique de l’Est (CAE) et de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) visant à recueillir les opinions du secteur privé au sujet de la Zone de ...
Gender-responsive implementation of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area: defining the role of the regional economic communities
(2021-06)
With the adoption of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, African countries acknowledged the importance of achieving gender equality in order to promote structural transformation. Ensuring ...