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dc.description.abstractSince COVID-19 is a “cross-border” virus, combating the virus requires regional coordinated actions to contain the spread of COVID-19 at the same time as facilitating safe cross-border trade. COMESA, EAC and SADC have published guidelines to provide a set of standardized regulations to facilitate essential trade among their member States amid COVID-19. Other regional economic communities are in the process of developing or approving similar guidelines. Regional guidelines provide a framework to improve coordination, overcome border disputes and facilitate essential trade. COVID-19 “good-practice” in coordination and trade facilitation response measures should be retained for better facilitation in the future. Implementation of regional-level guidelines must nevertheless take place at the national level and the rules and regulations translated and contextualized to the realities faced by individual countries. The lack of harmonization of public health measures at border posts, such as health screening, testing, quarantine and clearance policies, means that congestion and delays at borders are still significant. This highlights the need to fast track the implementation of guidelines in a cooperative and consistent manner across all member States. The following discussion presents a set of priority policy recommendations that will help to support the consistent implementation of regional COVID-19 trade facilitation guidelines, and enhance coordination across African regional economic communities in the context of the continent’s regional integration policy underpinned by the AfCFTA Agreement.en
dc.titleFacilitating cross-border trade through a coordinated African response to COVID-19en
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::INTERNATIONAL TRADE::GENERAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TRADE POLICY::INTRAREGIONAL TRADEen
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::INTERNATIONAL TRADE::TRADE PROMOTION, FACILITATION AND CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION::TRADE EFFICIENCYen
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::INTERNATIONAL TRADE::TRADE PROMOTION, FACILITATION AND CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION::TRADE FACILITATIONen
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::HEALTH::DISEASES AND CARRIERS OF DISEASES::VIRAL DISEASESen
uneca.creatorCorporate.fulltaxonomyCorporate Authors::United Nations. Economic Commission for Africaen
ags.creatorCorporateUnited Nations. Economic Commission for Africaen
ags.subjectThesaurusINTRAREGIONAL TRADEen
ags.subjectThesaurusTRADE EFFICIENCYen
ags.subjectThesaurusTRADE FACILITATIONen
ags.subjectThesaurusVIRAL DISEASESen
ags.publisherPlaceAddis Ababaen
ags.publisherNameUN. ECAen
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-23T13:05:47Z
dc.date.available2020-09-23T13:05:47Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/43789
dc.format.extentvii,40 p.: ill.
dc.languageeng
dc.typeWorking paper
uneca.workflow.processedtrue
ags.subjectThesaurusINTRAREGIONAL TRADE
ags.subjectThesaurusTRADE EFFICIENCY
ags.subjectThesaurusTRADE FACILITATION
ags.subjectThesaurusVIRAL DISEASES
ags.subjectClassification07.00.00 TRADE (GENERAL MATERIALS)
ags.subjectClassification10.02.00 COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES
ags.availabilityNumberb11986724
ags.availabilityLocationECA-HQ
ags.rights.termsofusepublic
ags.JNb11986724
uneca.language.supporteden


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