North Africa development forum trade for growth and job creation: concept and introductory paper
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The economic performance of North African countries has improved significantly in the past few years. Economic growth rates have been increasing since 2000. None the less, the sub region is still characterized by a combination of three factors, i.e. unstable economic growth rates, high unemployment, and a low level of integration. This paper explores the means necessary for implementing the virtual trade - economic growth - employment cycle in North Africa. Although decision-makers and civil society representatives remain attached to the idea of integration. it is imperative to accelerate this process by focusing on three associated components: · The social and economic benefits of regional integration; The conditions necessary for speeding up the process; and ·The role(s) of the private sector and of civil society. The rest of this paper is organized into 4 sections. The section that follows presents a brief overview of trade in North Africa. It is followed by a section that delineates the interrelationships among three variables, namely, trade, economic growth and employment. The last two sections cover the conditions essential for trade promotion and regional integration, discussing the conditions necessary for economic, financial and infrastructure management (section 4) and addressing the knowledge-based economy, which is now a crosscutting prerequisite that drives other components (section 5).
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Northern Africa Subregional Development Center (SRDC-NA) (2007). North Africa development forum trade for growth and job creation: concept and introductory paper. UN. ECA North Africa Development Forum Trade for Growth and Job Creation (2007, Feb. 19-20 : Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco). Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/41335”Conference
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