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...
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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 |
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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 World Bank Africa : Economic Partnership Agreements between Africa and the European Union, What to do Now? Summary Report |
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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. |
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Africa : Economic Partnership Agreements between Africa and the European Union, What to do Now? Summary Report |
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Africa : Economic Partnership Agreements between Africa and the European Union, What to do Now? Summary Report |
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Africa : Economic Partnership Agreements between Africa and the European Union, What to do Now? Summary Report |
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Africa : Economic Partnership Agreements between Africa and the European Union, What to do Now? Summary Report |
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Africa : Economic Partnership Agreements between Africa and the European Union, What to do Now? Summary Report |
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africa : economic partnership agreements between africa and the european union, what to do now? summary report |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-78502021-04-23T14:02:35Z Africa : Economic Partnership Agreements between Africa and the European Union, What to do Now? Summary Report World Bank 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 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. 2012-06-12T18:53:14Z 2012-06-12T18:53:14Z 2008-10 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 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Knowledge Economy Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Africa |