Tag: Regional integration
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21 Dec 20 NewsNational
Aviation industry anxious as COVID-19 resurgences force new travel bans (The South African)
With a host of countries – mainly across Europe – announcing over the wee...
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11 Nov 20 NewsNational
Agri sector predicted to show positive growth (IOL)
Although the agriculture sector was expected to show positive growth next year, the Agribusiness Business Chamber (Ag...
Do the Regional Economic Communities protect basic Human Rights?
28 Jul 20 BlogAfrica’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs) have been receiving more than the usual amount of attention lately because eight of them have been identified as the building blocks...
Status of Integration in the Southern African Development Community
08 Jun 20 NewsThe Status of Integration in the SADC Region Report highlights the key achievements and successes made by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the area of regional ...
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03 Jun 20 NewsThe AfDB has posted its North Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper 2020-2026
The North Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP-NA) 2020-2026 has been designed to su...
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19 May 20 NewsHow much will poverty rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020? (World Bank)
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is expected to drastically slow 2020 GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan A...
Understanding Africa’s Place in Regionalised Global Trade
23 Apr 20 BlogSince the era of the internet began, globalisation has gathered pace and the countries of the world have become more economically integrated. The significant improvements in commun...
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15 Apr 20 Resource2019 African Regional Integration Report: Voices of the RECs
03 Mar 20 NewsTowards an integrated and prosperous and peaceful Africa
This report first presents the historical context of the African integration process and the progress of African leaders t...
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03 Mar 20 News@AUTradeIndustry: update on the AfCFTA negotiations
The 8th meeting of the AfCFTA Technical Working Group on Trade in Services began today in Addis. It is an opportunity for AU me...
Online tool to remove trade barriers in Africa goes live
21 Jan 20 NewsAn online platform developed by UNCTAD and the African Union to help remove non-tariff barriers to trade in Africa became operational on 13 January.
Traders and businesses moving ...
African Union Agenda 2063
19 Dec 19 ResourceEnhancing benefits of market and financial integration in SACU: some policy options
13 Dec 19 PublicationsThis Working Paper provides some policy options confronting members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the Common Monetary Area (CMA) arrangements, which are closely ...
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27 Nov 19 NewsEAC Trade and Investment Report 2018: Accelerating market-driven integration
This report is structured in three parts, covering four chapters. Part One includes the backgroun...
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13 Nov 19 NewsDiarise:
Committee on Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Trade, Infrastructure, Industry and Technology (11-12 December, Addis Ababa)
In 2019, the ECA Conference o...
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11 Nov 19 News2019 Visa Openness Index Report (AfDB, AU)
For the first time, African travellers have liberal access to over half the continent, the 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index pub...
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08 Nov 19 News3rd Ordinary Session of the STC on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: updates, documentation
(i) AU member states urged to ratify the protoco...
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06 Nov 19 NewsTrade and trade diversion effects of US tariffs on China (UNCTAD)
Tariffs imposed by the US on China are economically hurting both countries, UNCTAD warned in a paper relea...
Market Access Patterns in Africa: Assessing Similarities and Differences
27 Oct 19 PublicationsThis trade brief applies several unsupervised statistical learning methodologies to determine the extent to which the nations of Africa converge (or diverge) in terms of their non-...
How Similar are Africa’s Trade Regimes? Implications for the AfCFTA
16 Oct 19 BlogThe regional grouping of Africa – both its continental and island states – is a large and diversified bloc of countries. Within this region are multiple regional economic commu...