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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163028503321

Titolo

Negotiating South-South regional trade agreements : economic opportunities and policy directions for Africa / / edited by Gbadebo Odularu, Bamidele Adekunle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-45569-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 165 p. 19 illus., 18 illus. in color.)

Collana

Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, , 2198-7262

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Development economics

International economic relations

Economics

Development Economics

International Economics

International Political Economy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgement -- Introduction: Increasing Dynamics Within the New Trading Ecosystem for the South -- The Big Picture: South-South Regional Trade Agreements Within the Context of the Multilateral Trade Systems -- Part I: Selected Cases on South-South Regional Trade Agreements -- Part II: Recent Issues on Selected Intra-African Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs).

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of South-South regional trade issues, with a particular focus on sustainably fostering Africa’s regional trade agenda. It examines the extent to which South-South regional trade agreements (RTAs) have contributed toward enhancing regional integration and economic expansion in Africa in particular, and in the South in general. The authors recommend new conceptual frameworks, appropriate initiatives, and workable policy recipes to help South-South RTAs enhance Africa’s economic transformation trajectory. The book underscores the geo-politics, as well as the



opportunities and challenges that emerging economies now represent for Africa in the context of South-South regional trade policy. Readers will learn how Africa can strengthen its regional trade game by securing and building on the positive outcomes of South-South RTAs.