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Can the African Continental Free Trade Area be a Catalyst for the Triple Nexus of Humanitarian, Development and Peace Challenges in Africa?
(2024-11)
Worldwide and in Africa in particular complex and protracted crises are deepening, resulting in an increase of violent conflicts, humanitarian suffering, political instability, and destruction of social and economic ...
IGAD African continental free trade area: regional implementation strategy
(2024-08)
The IGAD member states have ratified the AfCFTA agreement, and the region is set to start implementing the Agreement – to trade and benefit from the continental market created by the AfCFTA. This strategy is intended as a ...
Regional Digital Trade Integration Index 2.0: A Guide :ESCAP-ECA-ECLAC Initiative on Digital Trade Regulatory Integration
(2024-07)
This RDTII Guide, now in its second edition, serves as a handbook designed to assist policymakers and policy researchers in analyzing digital trade regulations. The Guide complements RDTII version 2.0, a common framework ...
Digital Trade Regulatory Review for Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean 2024:ESCAP-ECA-ECLAC Initiative on Digital Trade Regulatory Integration
(2024-07)
The report underscores the importance of regulatory cooperation in minimizing the fragmentation of digital trade rules, enhancing transparency, and reducing uncertainties, and lowering compliance costs, which disproportionately ...
Country-level Implications of Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement on Inequality and Poverty
(2024-06)
The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) entered into force on 30 May 2019. Trading under the Agreement began on 1 January 2021. However, the first trade only took place after the launch ...