The European Union has loudly voiced its intention to facilitate both social prosperity and democratisation in North Africa. EU officials claim that the stabilisation of the Maghreb will reduce security threats – as well as migration flows – to the EU-28, as well as improve the lives of...

The European Commission has promised to promote decent work in the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries through facilitation of pro-poor direct investment and livelihood-creating trade deals. Aligning with the discourse of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the European...

Abstract Aid for Trade (AfT) has gained prominence as an innovative form of donor support in the era of the ‘post’-Washington Consensus. Institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the European Commission, and the UK...