
The African Continental Free Trade Area
Making the Most of Free Trade and Investment in Global Markets
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The African Continental Free Trade Area
Making the Most of Free Trade and Investment in Global Markets
About this book
This book explores the regulatory, institutional, and policy frameworks needed to enable the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to be effective. It examines the opportunities of African free trade and how it can advance regional integration and sustained economic growth on the African continent. It highlights the potential for trade and investment within Africa, and the ways in which the AfCFTA can help the continent overcome development challenges and create a more dynamic economy that generates jobs and alleviates poverty.
This book sets out a policy framework to enable the effective establishment of the AfCFTA and economic development within Africa. It will be relevant to students, researchers, and policymakers interested in development economics and international trade.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Introduction
- 2. An African Continental Free Trade Area: Imperatives for Realizing a Pan-African Market
- 3. An African Multistakeholder Participation Framework for the African Continental Free Trade Area
- 4. Addressing the Policy Disconnect of Services Trade: What a Development-Friendly Services Liberalization under the AfCFTA Should Consider
- 5. Bilateral Investment Treaties and Regional Investment Regulation in Africa: Towards an African Continental Investment Area?
- 6. Has the African Growth and Opportunity Act Promoted US FDI in Africa? Reflections on a Post-2025 AGOA on Investment
- 7. Africa’s LDC Trade: Harnessing the Variable Geometry of the AfCFTA and Beyond
- 8. The Political Economy of Preferential Trade in the Global Economy: Why Africa Needs to Refrain from Mega-regionals and Other FTAs with Third Parties
- 9. Making the Most of Free Trade and Investment in Regional and Global Markets
- Back Matter