The proposed scheme of general preferences and African countries

Abstract

This paper focuses on the resolution for presentation to the Fifth Joint ECA/OAU Meeting on Trade and Development. The calculations contained in the paper have been made possible through the co-operation of GATT, which assisted the ECA secretariat in obtaining the detailed statistical data that were required, and UNCTAD, which provided a consultant for a short period to assist with the design of the computer programme. The co-operation extended to the ECA by these two organizations was purely technical. Therefore, the assessments and conclusions of the study are those of the ECA secretariat only.