Twenty-seventh Ordinary Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS): Statement by by K. Y. Amoako, executive secretary, economic commission for Africa
Statement by K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa at the Twenty-seventh Ordinary Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS). Mr. Amoako, on his remarks highlighted that, a snapshot of where ECOWAS stands in its development efforts and describe how West Africa’s performance compares to other African sub-regions. He explain some of the causes of the relatively poor economic progress in the ECOWAS region. Then he outline how regional integration can help in promoting economic development in West Africa, and present an assessment of ECOWAS progress to date in this regard. Finally, highlighted the key challenges that must be urgently addressed in order to move the integration process forward in the sub-region. The regional integration project in Africa simply needs to have much greater focus on deliverables. ECOWAS and other RECs clearly need to align their policies and programmes with reference to continental objectives. ECOWAS did not record better results in the implementation of its trade liberalization scheme as many tariff and non-tariff barriers continue to prevail.
| Format: | Speech biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2003
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/47233 |
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