Africa United Nations Economic Commission For Innovation Competitiveness And Regional Integration

Author : United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789213619131

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Assessing Regional Integration in Africa. Issue 7 by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Pdf

The seventh edition of Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA VII) examines how the three elements of regional integration, innovation and competitiveness are interlinked. It explores the prospects for harnessing them within the framework of Africa’s normative regional integration development model oriented to foster structural change. Evidence presented in ARIA VII for a sample of 15 African countries for the period between 1995 and 2010 shows that growth in most of the sample countries has been achieved through factor accumulation rather than through significant improvements with input combinations that are associated with innovation. Based on theoretical and empirical insights, the report makes recommendations as to how further regional integration boost Africa’s capacity for innovation and competitiveness. In addition, the report provides an overview of regional integration trends in Africa, including an analysis of data from the African Regional Integration Index.

Author : United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher : UN
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000154082535

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Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VII by United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa Pdf

"Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA) VII examines how the three elements of regional integration, innovation and competitiveness are interlinked. It explores the prospects for harnessing them within the framework of Africa's normative regional integration development model oriented to foster structural change. The report aims to shed light on innovation and competitiveness in the broader context of development policy and strategy in Africa."--Publisher's description.

Author : Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba,Mammo Muchie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319921808

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Innovation, Regional Integration, and Development in Africa by Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba,Mammo Muchie Pdf

This edited volume discusses the role of innovation and regional integration in economic development in Africa. Over the past five decades, post-colonial African countries have struggled to break loose from the trap of poverty and underdevelopment through the adoption of various development strategies at regional, national, and continental levels. However, the results of both national and regional efforts at advancing development on the continent have been mixed. Although the importance of agglomeration and fusion of institutions have long been recognized as possible path to achieving economic development in Africa, the approach to regionalism has been unduly focused on market integration, while neglecting other dimensions such as social policy, mobility of labor, educational policy, biotechnology, regional legislation, manufacturing, innovation, and science and technology. This volume investigates the link between innovation, regional integration, and development in Africa, arguing that the immediate and long term development of Africa lies not just in the structural transformation of its economies but in the advancement of scientific and innovation capacities. The book is divided into four parts. Part I addresses the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of innovation and regional integration in Africa. Part II presents case studies which examine how regional economic institutions are fostering innovation in Africa. Part III of the book deals with sectoral issues on innovation and integrated development in Africa. Part IV sets the future research on innovation, regional integration, and development in Africa. Combining theoretical analysis and a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, this volume is appropriate for researchers and students interested in economic development, political economy, African studies, international relations, agricultural science, and geography, as well as policymakers in regional economic communities and the African Union.

Author : United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher : United Nations, Economic Commission for Africa
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124209565

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Assessing Regional Integration in Africa by United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa Pdf

This publication examines progress towards regional integration in Africa; defined as one of the anchoring ideals of African unity and the basis for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) development framework. The report analyses the current state of the integration process, highlighting where efforts have succeeded or failed. Findings include that progress has been mixed across sectors, regional economic communities and member states; with some notable progress in trade, communications, transport and macroeconomic policy. Overall however, substantial gaps remain between goals and achievements of most regional economic communities, particularly in terms of internal African trade, macroeconomic policy convergence, production and physical connectivity. A summary report is also available (ISBN 9211250927)

Author : United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789211556582

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Assessing Regional Integration in Africa II by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Pdf

This report examines the effectiveness of Africa’s regional economic communities in pushing forward the regional integration agenda towards the objectives of the Abuja Treaty establishing the African Economic Community. A fully functioning African Economic Community will remove all barriers to movement of people, goods and services across the continent, thereby creating a single economic space. The report examines the critical role that institutions in general can play in achieving policy objectives, and the specific role that African institutions perform. The analysis focuses on the regional economic communities, which have been designated by the African Union as the building blocks for achieving the African Economic Community.

Author : United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210552783

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Assessing Regional Integration in Africa V by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Pdf

This publication comes at a time of renewed enthusiasm for shortening the period of the vision of the Abuja Treaty. The publication's overall objective is to provide analytical research that defines frameworks for African governments, the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities, towards accelerating the establishment of the African Common Market through: the speedy removal of all tariff and non-tariff barriers, obstacles to free movement of people, investments and factors of production in general across Africa, and through fast-tracking the creation of an African continental Free Trade Area.

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : UN
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UIUC:30112110084958

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Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VIII by United Nations Publications Pdf

The establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) is a major milestone in the long march of African integration. As foreseen in the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (commonly known as the Abuja Treaty), which entered into force in 1994, the integration process is to culminate in the African Economic Community. A review of the current status of Africa's economic integration is the subject of Chapter 2. The CFTA aspires to liberalize trade between African countries across the continent and to build on the considerable successes already achieved within Africa's regional economic communities (RECs). By doing so, the CFTA is set to facilitate intra-African trade; foster regional value chains that can facilitate integration into the global economy; and energize industrialization, competitiveness and innovation-- and thereby contribute to African economic and social progress and development.

Author : Réal P. Lavergne
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UIUC:30112003155378

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Regional Integration and Cooperation in West Africa by Réal P. Lavergne Pdf

This book contains a collection of papers that examine the failure of regional integration and co-operation to date in west Africa and that explore some of the options for the revitalization of such initiatives. The papers are arranged in three categories: strategic visions and prospects for regional integration and co-operation; economic perspectives; and political dimensions. Specific topics include the role of the Economic Community of West African States; theoretical models and approaches to regional integration; the role of community building in regional integration; partnerships for innovation; national policies as impediments to economic integration; parallel trade as a form of economic subversion; lessons from the West African Monetary Union; human rights and integration; the regional dimension of environmental management; and power sharing at the regional level.

Author : United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210579032

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Assessing Regional Integration in Africa. Issue 7 by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Pdf

The seventh edition of Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA VII) examines how the three elements of regional integration, innovation and competitiveness are interlinked. It explores the prospects for harnessing them within the framework of Africa’s normative regional integration development model oriented to foster structural change. Evidence presented in ARIA VII for a sample of 15 African countries for the period between 1995 and 2010 shows that growth in most of the sample countries has been achieved through factor accumulation rather than through significant improvements with input combinations that are associated with innovation. Based on theoretical and empirical insights, the report makes recommendations as to how further regional integration boost Africa’s capacity for innovation and competitiveness. In addition, the report provides an overview of regional integration trends in Africa, including an analysis of data from the African Regional Integration Index.

Author : Reuben A. Alabi,Achim Gutowski,Nazar Mohamed Hassan,Tobias Knedlik,Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour,Karl Wohlmuth
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9783643910424

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Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Inclusive Growth in Africa by Reuben A. Alabi,Achim Gutowski,Nazar Mohamed Hassan,Tobias Knedlik,Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour,Karl Wohlmuth Pdf

The volume analyses how to make Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policies relevant for inclusive growth strategies in Africa.The base for a transformative STI policy is to link the STI policies to Africa's economic transformation policies. In a first part the general issues of introducing effective STI policies are presented. In a second part country case studies highlight the new approach. Cases such as Sudan and Nigeria are analysed, as these two countries have a long history of STI development; because of different history, size and structure they need to move in different directions towards a coherent STI policy for inclusive growth.

Author : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210597234

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The Least Developed Countries Report 2016 by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Pdf

Graduation is the process through which least developed countries (LDCs) cease to be members of the LDC category, in recognition of their advances in development. In principle, it marks a shift from dependency to a greater degree of self-sufficiency and emergence from the development "traps" which beset LDCs. However, the loss of access to international support measures (ISMs) tied to LDC status at graduation can give rise to important economic costs, including an estimated 3–4 per cent of export revenues in the case of trade preferences. During the 45 years since the establishment of the LDC category, only four countries have graduated from LDC status; and the Report's projections indicate that the target of half of the LDCs graduating by 2020 is unlikely to be met. This partly reflects the inadequacy of the existing ISMs. The projections also suggest a fundamental shift in the composition of the group, which by 2025 will consist almost entirely of African countries and include only one small-island economy. The Report argues that graduation should be viewed as part of a longer and broader development process, and emphasizes the need for "graduation with momentum" - an approach which goes beyond fulfilment of the statistical criteria for graduation to lay the foundations for future development. This means prioritizing structural transformation of the economy, development of productive capacities, upgrading technology and raising productivity. The Report highlights several policy areas essential to achieve "graduation with momentum" - rural transformation, industrial policy, science, technology and innovation policy, finance and macroeconomic policy, employment generation and women's empowerment. It calls on the international community to contribute by fulfilling their commitments in areas such as aid and technology. It also suggests possible revisions to the graduation criteria to reflect more appropriately issues such as structural transformation, environmental sustainability and gender equality.

Author : Benjamin Ofori-Amoah
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031591815

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The African Continental Free Trade Area by Benjamin Ofori-Amoah Pdf

Author : Markus Krajewski ,Rhea Tamara Hoffmann
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : LAW
ISBN : 9781785369858

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Research Handbook on Foreign Direct Investment by Markus Krajewski ,Rhea Tamara Hoffmann Pdf

Increasing international investment, the proliferation of international investment agreements, domestic legislation, and investor-State contracts have contributed to the development of a new field of international law that defines obligations between host states and foreign investors with investor-State dispute settlement. This involves not only vast sums, but also a panoply of rights, duties, and shifting objectives at the juncture of national and international law and policy. This engaging Research Handbook provides an authoritative account of these diverse investment law issues.

Author : United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789213615591

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Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VIII by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Pdf

The African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) promises to give a significant boost to the continent’s economy and, in particular, to support industrialization and structural transformation. In this context, the 8th edition of Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA VIII) looks at what will be needed to ensure that the CFTA is implemented and that iintra-African trade plays a more dynamic role in contributing to economic transformation in Africa. Drawing on political economy analysis, the report analyses what kind of institutional set-up will be needed to ensure the CFTA’s implementation as well as the capacity development needs at the national, regional economic community and continental levels. The report also provides an update on the expected benefits of the CFTA’s implementation, as well as the usual chapter on the status of regional integration in Africa.

Author : Chux Daniels,Mafini Dosso,Joe Amadi-Echendu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030582401

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Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialisation, and Innovation Policy in Africa by Chux Daniels,Mafini Dosso,Joe Amadi-Echendu Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive overview of role of entrepreneurship, technology commercialisation and innovation policy for the achievement of economic development and prosperity in African societies. It adopts a broad innovation systems approach. The book examines entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology commercialisation alongside context-specific factors associated with them. It also provides an interdisciplinary perspective, by discussing the above disciplines in a connected way. This book is presented in three distinct parts. It starts by discussing entrepreneurship and the state of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Africa. It then moves on to present technology commercialisation in Africa, before finally discussing the future directions for entrepreneurship, technology commercialisation and innovation policy. This broad picture provided in the book enables the reader to grasp the relevant messages, whilst the detailed analysis applies world-class theories and frameworks to deepen the readers understanding of key concepts and issues examined.