Auf Anforderung ihres Direktoriums hat die Weltbank im Spätsommer 2005 dargelegt, wie sie sich die Umsetzung der Beschlüsse besonders von Gleneagles zur Erhöhung der Entwicklungshilfe vorstellt. Das Ergebnis sind der Africa Action Plan (AAP) und seit Februar 2006 der Africa Catalytic Growth...

With the advent of the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), regional economic integration in Africa has captured international attention and raised high hopes. In the new book "Regional Integration, Trade and Industry in Africa", the present state of economic integration on the continent...

Abstract European trade policy with Africa is in deep trouble. We observe a triple policy failure. (1) The EU tries to draw African partner countries into comprehensive deep integration agreements, far more than these countries can arguably support. (2) For trade in goods, safeguard clauses in...

Regional Economic Integration in Africa: An Introduction -- Part I: The Economic Regions in Africa -- The State of the Unions -- The Logical Sequence of Regional Economic Integration -- The Reality of African Trade Integration - Challenges of Implementation -- Regional Integration in Trade...