Africa : Economic Partnership Agreements between Africa and the European Union, What to do Now? Summary Report

This report addresses the question raised in its title - now that 18 interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) have been initialed and negotiations of full EPAs have been launched, what should African countries and regional EPA-groups do? Part two of the report analyzes the outcome of the EPA negotiations thus far, the interim EPAs' implications for the trade and related policies of participating African countries, and the reforms required for successful implementation of interim EPAs. Part three examines the potential role of full EPAs, in advancing regional trade integration, open trade policies, and the liberalization of trade in services and foreign direct investment in Africa. The intended audience for this report is primarily policy makers and their advisors in the African EPA-countries, but it may also be of interest to those in the broader development community concerned with Africa.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Knowledge Economy Study biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2008-10
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES, ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION, BILATERAL TRADE, BILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, BINDING CONSTRAINTS, BUSINESS CLIMATE, CAPITAL GOODS, COMMODITIES, COMMON MARKET, COMPETITIVENESS OF GOODS, CONSUMER GOODS, COUNTRY TO COUNTRY, CURRENCY, CUSTOM UNION, CUSTOMS, CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION, CUSTOMS UNION, CUSTOMS UNIONS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING REGIONS, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES, DOMESTIC PRODUCERS, DOMESTIC PRODUCTION, DOMESTIC TAXES, DUMPING, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ELIMINATION OF TARIFFS, EUROPEAN UNION, EXPORT GROWTH, EXPORT INDUSTRIES, EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES, EXPORT PERFORMANCE, EXPORT PROCESSING, EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES, EXPORT SECTORS, EXPORTERS, EXPORTING COUNTRY, EXPORTS, EXTERNAL TARIFF, EXTERNAL TARIFFS, EXTERNALITIES, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FIXED INVESTMENTS, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTORS, FOREIGN SOURCES, FREE ACCESS, FREE ENTRY, FREE IMPORTATION, FREE MARKET ACCESS, FREE TRADE, FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS, FREE TRADE AREA, FREE TRADE AREAS, FREE TRADE ARRANGEMENTS, FULL LIBERALIZATION, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GENERAL SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES, GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES, GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE, GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS, GLOBAL TRADE, GLOBAL TRADING, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH RATE, HIGH TARIFF PRODUCTS, HIGH TARIFFS, IMPORT LICENSING, IMPORT LICENSING REQUIREMENTS, INCOME, INCOME LEVELS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT POLICIES, LDCS, LEGAL ISSUES, LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE, LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET FAILURES, MONOPOLY, MOST FAVORED NATION, NATIONAL TREATMENT, NEW MARKET, NEW PRODUCTS, NON-TARIFF BARRIER, NON-TARIFF BARRIERS, OIL EXPORTERS, OIL IMPORTS, OPEN TRADE, PATTERN OF TRADE, POLICY MAKERS, POSITIVE EFFECTS, PREFERENTIAL ACCESS, PREFERENTIAL BASIS, PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS, PREFERENTIAL TARIFF, PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS, PREFERENTIAL TRADE, PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT, PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS, PREFERENTIAL TRADE ARRANGEMENT, PREFERENTIAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS, PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, PRODUCTION STRUCTURES, PROPERTY RIGHT, PROTECTION RATES, PROTECTIONIST, QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS, RAPID GROWTH, RATES OF PROTECTION, REAL GDP, REDUCTION IN TARIFFS, REFORM PROGRAM, REFORM PROGRAMS, REGIONAL GROUPS, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, REGIONAL TRADE, REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS, REGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION, REGULATORY AGENCIES, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY REFORM, RESTRICTIVE RULES OF ORIGIN, RULES OF ORIGIN, SIGNATORY COUNTRIES, SINGLE MARKET, SMALL COUNTRIES, SOURCING, TARIFF BARRIER, TARIFF BARRIERS, TARIFF LINES, TARIFF PREFERENCES, TARIFF RATE, TARIFF RATES, TARIFF REDUCTIONS, TARIFF REFORM, TARIFF REVENUE, TARIFF REVENUES, TARIFF STRUCTURE, TARIFF STRUCTURES, TAX, TAX REVENUES, TAX SYSTEMS, TAXATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, TRADE AGREEMENT, TRADE AGREEMENTS, TRADE DEFLECTION, TRADE DEVELOPMENT, TRADE DIVERSION, TRADE IN GOODS, TRADE IN SERVICES, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, TRADE PERFORMANCE, TRADE POLICIES, TRADE POLICY, TRADE PREFERENCES, TRADE REGIME, TRADE REGIMES, TRADE RELATIONS, TRADE RELATIONSHIP, TRADE STRATEGY, TRADE TAXES, TRADING SYSTEM, TRANSPARENCY, UNILATERAL REFORMS, UNILATERAL TRADE, VALUE ADDED, WORLD MARKET, WORLD TRADE, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10375304/africa-economic-partnership-agreements-between-africa-european-union-now-summary-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7850
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