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escalation facing Africa, improvements in the productivity of agricultural processing, and reductions in trade barriers within … Africa and beyond would all further stimulate exports of processed agriculture. While essential, expansion of these exports …
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This paper examines the effects of African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on intra-African trade in the … medium- and long-term, focusing on trade in services. It assesses the impacts of a 50\% reduction of non-tariff barriers in … four services sectors on bilateral trade in services between ECOWAS (Economic Organization of West African States) and SADC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013241787
scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435379
developing countries and especially the least developed among them secure a share in the growth in international trade … commensurate with the needs of their economic development.This article discusses how the WTO contributes to facilitating Africa … diversify production, linking to the Global Value Chains and developing adequate infra-structures facilitating digital trade as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437516
scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426539
developing countries and especially the least developed among them secure a share in the growth in international trade … commensurate with the needs of their economic development.This article discusses how the WTO contributes to facilitating Africa … diversify production, linking to the Global Value Chains and developing adequate infra-structures facilitating digital trade as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012436848
This paper deals with the role of regional trade in fostering the resilience of domestic food markets. Using country … production and trade data from FAOSTAT database, a series of simple indicators are calculated that shed light on the potential … for domestic markets stabilization through trade among African countries within Regional Economic Communities, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011306272
This paper deals with the role of regional trade in fostering the resilience of domestic food markets. Using country … production and trade data from FAOSTAT database, a series of simple indicators are calculated that shed light on the potential … for domestic markets stabilization through trade among African countries within Regional Economic Communities, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013018451
In China, the outbreak of the African Swine Fever is expected to result in a 27% drop in the production of pigmeat, the country’s most consumed meat product. Using the OECD-FAO Aglink-Cosimo model, this paper examines the impact of this production shortfall on global markets for livestock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630511
African states up to October 2014. The EPAs are meant not just to liberalize trade but also to promote economic development in … Africa and thus creating a win-win situation in a partnership on eye-level. However, many Africans suspect the EU of double … ECOWAS EPAs as example, analyses reveal that tensions are due to both the gap between discourse and practice of EU trade and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327887