Report on Integration in Africa (ARIA) 2002

UN agenda for economic integration in Africa

Summary of the draft report, which aims to establish the analytical tools, methods, and benchmarks for tracking integration in Africa's subregions. It also hopes to provide a framework to assist countries, regional economic communities, the OAU, the African Union, and other entities in positioning their engagements and responsibilities.

It aims to cover the full spectrum of integration in Africa, using carefully designed indicators of achievement for the region and the many regional economic communities, based on goals set out in regional and subregional commitments. Drawing on these findings, the Report intends to provide lessons and action-oriented recommendations for addressing constraints and formulating policies.

It spells out some of the main reasons for African integration. It examines the performance of the regional economic communities as building blocks for Africa's integration. It then looks at the general trends toward integration. It assesses the key sectors of trade, policy discipline, infrastructure, industry, and agriculture, describing progress by the individual economic communities. And it presents the highlights from the African Integration Indicators, a new contribution to help understand progress.

The draft concludes with some questions to set the stage for the way forward:

Where does integration stand today?
What are the big issues to be addressed in trade, macro convergence, infrastructure, industry, agriculture, and institutions?
What should be the action plan for moving ahead with the African Union, and how should it relate to the regional economic communities and to national governments?

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Report on Integration in Africa (ARIA) 2002