scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …

This paper reviews the main developments of trade and related policies and measures in the Asia and Pacific region … during the 30 years since establishment, in 1989, of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM). The objectives of the TPRM …' trade policies. Reviews take place in the General Council, operating as the Trade Policy Review Body as peer …

through regional collaboration in the form of bilateral and regional trade agreements. Regional cooperation and integration … can facilitate the way for expanding markets and creating trade opportunities. However, market-led integration in South … highly integrated trade, investment, and production space. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC …

Nations (ASEAN) free trade agreements (FTAs). It begins with a review of the historical evolution of ASEAN FTAs, which … captures the achievements of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) and the efforts meant to lead to a further step of deeper …

The paper analyses sectoral patterns of intra-Asian trade for selected Asian countries as well as for sub … extra-Asian trade, almost all sample countries concentrate their intra-Asian exports more on non-manufactures. Within … manufactures, resource-intensive goods still play a larger role in intra-Asian trade than in trade outside Asia. This reflects both …

analysis of the geography of trade relations (i.e. the size, the composition and the direction of exports and imports flows …) between the EU and the ENP countries. The findings of the paper illustrate the emerging patterns of trade relations among the …

trade enhancing effects of RTAs that go beyond tariff reductions, as all EU-Africa RTAs have negative effects on border … poverty in these countries. Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have recently spread in terms of quantity and type. Some of these … EBA eligibility has induced significantly exports of fruits, nuts and vegetables from Africa to the EU-27. Estimating …

share of its total imports. However, Madagascar's trade and production pattern would change and benefit the textile and …

accumulation to estimate the effects of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on intra-African trade flows. The … empirical results show that the AfCFTA could raise intra-African trade by 24% in the short term and slightly more in the long … run. However, the potential trade and welfare gains associated with the continental trade integration reform are expected …

Africa is one of the most economic-integrated continents by a number of regional trade agreements in the continent … trade of Africa, which is much lower than other continents' intra-regional trade share. This discrepancy between many … regional trade agreements and small intra-continent trade share tells that regional economic integrations in Africa are very …