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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 ...
No need to reinvent the wheel : achieving aid for trade through the almaty programme of action
(2008-10)
Many developing countries face supply-side constraints that severely limit their ability to benefit from the multilateral trading system. The situation of landlocked developing countries is of particular concern. Lack of ...
Évaluation de l'impact de l'accord de partenariat économique entre les pays de la CEMAC et l'Union Européenne
(2004-09)
La présente étude est composée de quatre parties. Dans un premier temps, sont exposés les enjeux des négociations sur les APE pour la COMESA (1). Après avoir présenté l’approche méthodologique retenue
pour quantifi er ...
Monitoring aid for trade in Africa : assessment of the effectiveness of the aid for trade
(2009-04)
This paper tries to fill the gap on the effects of Aid for Trade on trade capacity constraints and trade performance outcomes in Africa. Using data on specific categories of aid for trade, which is matched with specific ...
Report on a survey of AGOA’s past, present and future prospects: the experiences and expectations of SubSaharan Africa
(2012)
Eleven years after it entered into force, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a unilateral preference scheme of the US to promote trade and investment, Sub-Saharan member States subject to this scheme have ...
Impact of trade facilitation mechanisms on export competitiveness in Africa
(2011-10)
This report documents the main findings of a survey undertaken by UNECA, AUC and RECs on a continental level, to assess how AGOA eligible countries are benefiting from the preferences conferred to them under AGOA. Among ...
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 ...
Effets des accords de partenariat économique entre l'UE et l'Afrique sur l'économie et le bien-être
(2005-09)
L’Accord de partenariat de Cotonou conclu entre l’Union européenne (EU) et les pays d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifi que (ACP) doit remplacer l’Accord de Lomé qui est arrivé à expiration. Il prévoit la
signature, d’ici ...
Did Africa benefit in Hong Kong ?
(2006-07)
This paper argues that Africa did not benefit much from the Hong Kong World Trade Organization(WTO) ministerial meeting. After recalling Africa’s concerns and priorities in the Doha Round and critically looking at some of ...