03544nam 22006135 450 991090837390332120250807152957.09783031666056303166605410.1007/978-3-031-66605-6(MiAaPQ)EBC31783865(Au-PeEL)EBL31783865(CKB)36583467500041(DE-He213)978-3-031-66605-6(EXLCZ)993658346750004120241115d2024 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe African Continental Free Trade Area Making the Most of Free Trade and Investment in Global Markets /by Laura Páez1st ed. 2024.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2024.1 online resource (325 pages)9783031666049 3031666046 1. The CFTA: Prerequisites for Realizing a Pan-African Market -- 2. A Multistakeholder Participation Machinery/Framework for AfCFTA negotiations -- 3. Addressing the Policy Disconnect of Services Trade: What a development friendly services chapter in the AfCFTA should consider -- 4. Bilateral Investment Treaties and Regional Investment Regulation in Africa: Towards a Continental Investment Area? -- 5. Africa's preferential trade: Shaping AGOA post-2015 for investment in the CFTA -- 6. Africa's LDC trade: Harnessing the Variable Geometry of the AfCFTA and beyond -- 7. The Political Economy of Preferential Trade in the Global Economy: Why African countries needs to refrain from other FTA initiatives -- 8. Making the most of free trade and investment in regional and global markets.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. Laura Páez is a Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.Development economicsEconomicsInternational tradeAfricaEconomic conditionsDevelopment EconomicsPolitical Economy and Economic SystemsInternational TradeAfrican EconomicsDevelopment economics.Economics.International trade.AfricaEconomic conditions.Development Economics.Political Economy and Economic Systems.International Trade.African Economics.338.9Páez Laura1775388MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910908373903321The African Continental Free Trade Area4289968UNINA