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050  4 $a HF2416 $b .A89 2019
082 14 $a 338.96 $b UN27A 2019
245 00 $a Assessing regional integration in Africa--ARIA IX : $b next steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area.
246 30 $a ARIA IX
246 30 $a Next steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area
264  1 $a Addis Ababa, Ethiopia : $b United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ; $c 2019.
300    $a xx, 266 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 28 cm
500    $a "Sales No.: E.19.II.K.3"--Title page verso.
530    $a Also available online.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references.
520    $a Signed by 52 African countries, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is, by the number of participating countries, the largest trade agreement since the formation of the WTO. By 1 April 2019, only one year and ten days after the signature, the threshold of ratification by 22 countries required for the agreement{u2019}s entry into force had been reached. The speed of this ratification is unprecedented in African Union history. In answering, the report recognizes that it is not enough for the AfCFTA to be merely negotiated, concluded and ratified. It must also change lives, reduce poverty and contribute to economic development. For this, the AfCFTA must be effectively operationalized, but also supported with complementary measures that leverage it as a vehicle for economic development. Among the most important of the next steps is the phase II negotiations scheduled to commence on intellectual property rights, investment and competition policy in late 2019. These policy areas are the core focus of this report, which takes stock of the current situation across the continent in each of these areas and identifies recommendations for substantive provisions in the AfCFTA. In looking ahead, the report also considers e-commerce and integration in a digitizing Africa, and how the digital economy can interact with the AfCFTA and trade in Africa.
651  0 $a Africa $x Economic integration.
650  0 $a Free trade $z Africa.
650  0 $a Regionalism $z Africa.
650  0 $a African cooperation.
650  4 $a African $x Free Trade Area. $x Free Trade Area.
650  4 $a African Continental Free Trade Area.
650  4 $a Regional Integration $x Africa.
650  4 $a Macroeconomic.
650  4 $a AfCFTA.
650  4 $a E-commerce.
650  4 $a Digitalizing Africa.
650  4 $a Africa $x Investment.
650  7 $a African cooperation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799753
650  7 $a Free trade. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00933944
650  7 $a International economic integration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00976879
650  7 $a Regionalism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093204
651  7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509
710 2  $a United Nations. $b Economic Commission for Africa, $e issuing body.
710 2  $a African Union, $e issuing body.
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