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The European Union and the Developing Countries by Olufemi Babarinde,Gerrit Faber Pdf
Authors from different backgrounds (including law, political science and economics) analyze the forces that gave rise to the new agreement as well as the negotiating process of the new agreement, and the negotiations that are taking place to produce the planned Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) that are to replace the existing non-reciprocal trade preferences that are incompatible with WTO law.
The Cotonou Agreement by Commonwealth Secretariat. Economic Affairs Division Pdf
The ACP-EU Partnership agreement commonly referred to as the Cotonou Agreement brings together over 100 countries in an integrated trade, development assistance and political co-operation relationship. The agreement represents one of the most comprehensive partnership agreement in the world, concluded between groups of developing countries on the one hand and developed countries on the other. The agreement consists of a basic framework of 100 articles supplemented by Annexes, Protocols, annexes to protocols, single and joint declarations integral to the legal text. This wealth of information makes the agreement both complex and difficult to follow. It is this complexity which has given rise to the production of this User's Guide to the Cotonou Agreement. By way of a simple question and answer format, the guide simplifies the agreement making it more accessible to end users, who include, amongst others, policy-makers, the private sector and other stakeholders, thereby making greater use of resources and enhancing the opportunities available under the agreement.
Author : Manuel De la Rocha Publisher : World Bank Publications Page : 32 pages File Size : 49,5 Mb Release : 2003 Category : Africa, Eastern ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The Cotonou Agreement and Its Implications for the Regional Trade Agenda in Eastern and Southern Africa by Manuel De la Rocha Pdf
Subregional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Eastern and Southern Africa have proliferated in the past 10 to 15 years. The small size of most of the countries in the region, some of which are landlocked, and the security needs in the post independence period largely explain the rapid expansion. These arrangements are characterized by multiple and overlapping memberships, complex structures, and eventually, conflicting and confusing commitments. The influence of RTAs has been limited to assisting the region in increasing trade, attracting foreign direct investment, enhancing growth, and achieving convergence among member countries. But despite their limitations, RTAs have the potential, if properly designed and effectively implemented, to be an important instrument in integrating member countries into global markets. In 1998 most of the Southern African countries, as members of the Africa Caribbean Pacific group (ACP), signed the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union, which includes the negotiation of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the EU and the ACP. The Cotonou Agreement explicitly leaves to the ACP countries to decide the level and procedures of the EPA trade negotiations, taking into account the regional integration process. This raises the question of how to decide on the groupings in the context of conflicting regional trade agendas. The author argues that the Cotonou Agreement and EPA negotiations could become the external driving force that will push the regional organizations to rationalize and harmonize their regional trade arrangements, thus strengthening the integration process and economies of the region, and assisting the Eastern and Southern Africa region in becoming a more active partner in the global economy.
Trade, Poverty and The Environment by Adrian Flint Pdf
In 2000 the European Union and its 78 African-Caribbean-Pacific partners signed the Cotonou Agreement, heralding a new era in developmental politics. This comprehensive book draws attention to the limitations in the EU's approach to implementing pro-poor, environmentally sustainable development amongst its African-Caribbean-Pacific partners.
The Cotonou Agreement by Boniface Macharia Kinyanjui Pdf
Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: This masters thesis discusses the recently concluded treaty between the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries on the one hand and the European Union (EU) on the other. This Agreement having signed in Cotonou, Benin, is known as the Cotonou Agreement. The Cotonou Agreement is the latest in a series of conventions between the two parties that have their genesis in the late 1950s. The primary goal of this work was to find out to what extent, if at all, the newly signed Agreement is likely to contribute to the economic renaissance of the ACP countries. In so doing it traces development of the ACP-EU conventions right from their very beginning. The performance of the relationship to date is examined with a view to determining whether the lessons learnt therefrom have been incorporated in the new Agreement. There is a detailed analysis of the trade and aid provisions of the Cotonou Agreement. Apart from the economic provisions, other major provisions and developments of the ACP-EU Conventions are discussed with a view to providing a wholesome picture. Inhaltsverzeichnis:Table of Contents: Abbreviationsiv Table oftreatiesvi Table ofcasesviii 1.Introduction1 2.Historical antecedents of the Cotonou Agreement3 2.1The early associational arrangements3 2.1.1Overseas Countries and Territories3 2.1.2Yaounde I6 2.1.3Yaounde II7 2.1.4The Lagos and Arusha Conventions8 2.2The Lome Conventions9 2.2.1Lome I9 2.2.2Lome II12 2.2.3Lome III13 2.2.4Lome IV14 2.2.5RevisedLome IV16 2.3Evaluation of the economic impact of the Lome Conventions to date19 2.3.1Introduction20 2.3.2Extra Lome Convention constraints22 2.3.3Lome Convention constraints23 3.The GreenPaper27 4.The Cotonou Agreement29 4.1Introduction29 4.2The novel commercial framework32 4.2.1Trade Preferences32 4.2.1.1Non-reciprocal trade preferences33 4.2.1.2Conformity with WTO rules37 4.2.2New trade agreements43 4.2.3Regional integration46 4.2.4Rules of origin50 4.2.5The commodity protocols52 4.2.6Trade in services and trade related areas53 4.3Financial co-operation55 4.3.1Development finance co-operation55 4.3.2STABEX / SYSMIN57 4.3.3ACP countries debt59 4.3.4Private sector support60 5.Conclusion62 Bibliography66
Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for Sustainable Development in the ACP Countries and Beyond by Konrad von Moltke Pdf
As the end of Lomé IV came into sight, the European Commission produced a series of documents reviewing the results, which were modest.2 These reports emphasized the need for a new agreement that would be more focussed on trade and more readily compatible with the requirements of the trade regime that had been revitalized in 1994 by conclusion of the Uruguay Round (UR) and the creation of the Worl [...] Indeed, the Commission, the most important executive body of the EU, is technically but the "Commission of the European Community." In light of this confusion, it has become accepted practice to refer to the European Union without making any distinctions and to identify the Commission as the European Commission. [...] In practice, the contribution of foreign direct investment to the (sustainable) development objectives of a country will depend more on the specific charac- 3 Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for Sustainable Development in the ACP Countries and Beyond teristics of that investment, the performance of investors as economic citizens, and the capabilities of host country governance than on the in [...] These texts may be revised, reviewed and/or amended by the Council of Ministers on the basis of a rec- ommendation from the ACP-EC Development Finance Cooperation Committee." 8 Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for Sustainable Development in the ACP Countries and Beyond ACP States in Brussels, which is not, however, a creation of the ACP itself but rather an expression of the importance of the [...] In addition to setting the framework for the EPA negotiations, the CPA pro- vides for cooperation between the partners in the WTO and in particular in "trade-related areas." The WTO cooperation is couched in fairly general lan- guage but achieved a measure of success in the process leading up to the adop- tion of the Doha agenda.
Focusing on the relationship between the African, Caribbean and Pacific states and the European Union, the Cotonou Agreement was signed in 2000, and in 2005, the EU undertook commitments to increase its aid until 2010 and to improve the contribution of non-aid polices to the development agenda. The social, economic, political, cultural and environmental aspects of sustainable development are integrated throughout the agreement, and the 2005 revision places greater emphasis on a results-orientated dialogue on good governance, human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law. This booklet contains contributions by high-level stakeholders from both the ACP countries and the EU, as well as an overview of the Millennium development goals, targets and indicators, and the full text of the agreement, including all annexes and protocols.--Publisher's description.
The Cotonou Agreement and its Implications for the Regional Trade Agenda in Eastern and Southern Africa by Manuel de la Rocha Pdf
Subregional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Eastern and Southern Africa have proliferated in the past 10 to 15 years. The small size of most of the countries in the region, some of which are landlocked, and the security needs in the post independence period largely explain the rapid expansion. These arrangements are characterized by multiple and overlapping memberships, complex structures, and eventually, conflicting and confusing commitments. The influence of RTAs has been limited to assisting the region in increasing trade, attracting foreign direct investment, enhancing growth, and achieving convergence among member countries. But despite their limitations, RTAs have the potential, if properly designed and effectively implemented, to be an important instrument in integrating member countries into global markets. In 1998, most of the Southern African countries, as members of the Africa Caribbean Pacific group (ACP), signed the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union, which includes the negotiation of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the EU and the ACP. The Cotonou Agreement explicitly leaves to the ACP countries to decide the level and procedures of the EPA trade negotiations, taking into account the regional integration process. This raises the question of how to decide on the groupings in the context of conflicting regional trade agendas. De la Rocha argues that the Cotonou Agreement and EPA negotiations could become the external driving force that will push the regional organizations to rationalize and harmonize their regional trade arrangements, thus strengthening the integration process and economies of the region, and assisting the Eastern and Southern Africa region in becoming a more active partner in the global economy.This paper - a product of the Regional Integration and Cooperation Unit, Africa Region - is part of a larger effort in the region to contribute to the debate on regional integration in Africa.
Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for sustainable development in the ACP Countries and beyond by Anonim Pdf
As the end of Lomé IV came into sight, the European Commission produced a series of documents reviewing the results, which were modest.2 These reports emphasized the need for a new agreement that would be more focussed on trade and more readily compatible with the requirements of the trade regime that had been revitalized in 1994 by conclusion of the Uruguay Round (UR) and the creation of the Worl [...] Indeed, the Commission, the most important executive body of the EU, is technically but the "Commission of the European Community." In light of this confusion, it has become accepted practice to refer to the European Union without making any distinctions and to identify the Commission as the European Commission. [...] In practice, the contribution of foreign direct investment to the (sustainable) development objectives of a country will depend more on the specific charac- 3 Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for Sustainable Development in the ACP Countries and Beyond teristics of that investment, the performance of investors as economic citizens, and the capabilities of host country governance than on the in [...] These texts may be revised, reviewed and/or amended by the Council of Ministers on the basis of a rec- ommendation from the ACP-EC Development Finance Cooperation Committee." 8 Implications of the Cotonou Agreement for Sustainable Development in the ACP Countries and Beyond ACP States in Brussels, which is not, however, a creation of the ACP itself but rather an expression of the importance of the [...] In addition to setting the framework for the EPA negotiations, the CPA pro- vides for cooperation between the partners in the WTO and in particular in "trade-related areas." The WTO cooperation is couched in fairly general lan- guage but achieved a measure of success in the process leading up to the adop- tion of the Doha agenda.
The headlong rush of the European Union (EU) in Free Trade Agreements reaches the paroxysm of absurdity when it imposes them on West Africa, whose per capita GDP is 21 times lower than its own. This Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) would make West Africa lose 76% of its customs revenue on its imports from the EU and lead to a sharp rise in unemployment due to the loss of competitiveness of its companies including the informal sectors.The latter will be worsened by the premature signing, with support from the EU, of the Continental Free Trade Area by 13 of 16 West African States, all this based on a number of untruths from the European Commission, as identified in this book.
Trade Relations Between the EU and Africa by Yenkong Ngangjoh-Hodu,Francis A.S.T. Matambalya Pdf
This timely volume advances an alternative set of inter-related, interdisciplinary perspectives and debates which contribute to overlapping genres and discourses on development economics and trade relations between the EU and Africa.
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Author : United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Publisher : Unknown Page : 584 pages File Size : 50,7 Mb Release : 2013 Category : Political Science ISBN : MINN:31951D03532960M
Realizing the Right to Development by United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Pdf
This book is devoted to the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development. It contains a collection of analytical studies of various aspects of the right to development, which include the rule of law and good governance, aid, trade, debt, technology transfer, intellectual property, access to medicines and climate change in the context of an enabling environment at the local, regional and international levels. It also explores the issues of poverty, women and indigenous peoples within the theme of social justice and equity. The book considers the strides that have been made over the years in measuring progress in implementing the right to development and possible ways forward to make the right to development a reality for all in an increasingly fragile, interdependent and ever-changing world.
