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What do the potential benefits and challenges of the EPAs hinge on?
( D. Lui;S. Bilal / European Centre for Development Policy Management , 2009)
Despite a period of intense negotiations towards interim EPAs, a number of ACP negotiators and politicians have voiced concerns over some "contentious" provisions appearing within the agreem...
Government procurement as a development tool and instrument for macroeconomic management
( South Centre , 2008)
The ability of governments to procure from firms of its own choice can be an important development tool and can also be an instrument for macroeconomic management. This Policy Brief analyses the scope...
How trade facilitation measures can be incorporated in regional integration agreements?
( C. Milner;O. Morrissey;E. Zgovu / Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham , 2008)
This research paper identifies the types of trade facilitation (TF) reforms that could deliver a return in terms of:...
Will EPAs undermine regional integration processes?
( W. Braude / Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa , 2008)
Several African countries are involved in regional trade agreements as well as in economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with the European Union (EU). This paper deems that the regional and EPA trade ...
EPAs and the EU's Aid for trade?
( South Centre , 2008)
The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and several regions of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) mark a fundamental change in the EU-ACP econ...
EPA impact on deforestation rates, subsistence farming and food security
( R. Hall / Friends of the Earth , 2008)
The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) being negotiated by the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are causing concern. EPAs threaten to undermine economic developmen...
Are bilateral and multilateral safeguard what African countries would rely on?
( A. Kwa / South Centre , 2008)
The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and African countries are likely to exacerbate the food import surges from Europe. In the EPAs negotiations,...
Will an EPA between Uganda and the EU threaten the incomes of Ugandan poor people?
( O. Boysen;A. Matthews / Institute for International Integration Studies, Ireland , 2008)
Ugandan exports to the European Union (EU) are eligible for duty-free access. Thus, the main impact of an economic partnership agreement (EPA) between Uganda and the EU will be to require liberalisati...
Interviews with ACP ambassadors show the gap between rhetoric and reality in EPA negotiations
( C. Weller / Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation , 2008)
The European Union (EU) presents itself as an ally of developing countries in trade negotiations. It makes out to be sensitive to their concerns and looking out for shared interests as a partner. This...
Popularising EPAs: less work for government, more opportunities for development
( C. Manyeruke / Trade and Development Studies Centre – Trust, Zimbabwe , 2008)
There is continual criticism of the "reciprocal and non-discriminating" trade agreements to be offered by the European Union (EU) as being incompatible with WTO rules. In this paper, problem...

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