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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 ...
The effect of mode 4 liberalization on illegal immigration
(2007-02)
This paper aims to assess the impacts of the temporary movement of workers on the illegal immigration. It uses a discrete time, forward-looking model with heterogeneous agents, in order to describe the decision made by ...
The EU-SADC economic partnership agreement : a regional perspective
(2005-12)
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of the EPA negotiations on the economies of SADC, and estimate the eff ects of these negotiations on the regional integration process. In this paper, we present the results ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scaling up organic agriculture and enhancing its foreign market access: lessons learned from Eastern Africa
(2010)
This study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, analyzing the impact of organic agriculture on food availability as well as on the natural, social, human, physical and financial ...
Financing Economic Growth to Reduce Poverty by half in Africa in 2015 : Exploratory Analysis using Cross-Country Data
(2007-10)
This study explores the role of foreign aid to finance the required growth to reduce extreme poverty by half in 2015 in Africa. It profiles aid-flows into Africa by region, geography, institutions and levels of economic ...
Trade preferences and Africa : the state of play and the issues at stake
(2005-03)
This paper deals with the contemporary situation regarding trade preferences and their implications for African development. It critically reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of the four most important schemes for ...
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 ...