LEADER 00745nam0-22002891i-450- 001 990003762350403321 005 20001010 035 $a000376235 035 $aFED01000376235 035 $a(Aleph)000376235FED01 035 $a000376235 100 $a20001010d--------km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aita 105 $ay-------001yy 200 1 $aCommunicator style 210 $aBeverly Hills$cSage Publ.$d1983. 215 $a319 p.$d21 cm 300 $aAltra classificazione 12/300 NOR 700 1$aNorton,$bRobert$0142859 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990003762350403321 952 $a13/700 NOR$b3283$fBFS 959 $aBFS 996 $aCommunicator style$9510240 997 $aUNINA DB $aING01 LEADER 03938nam 22005415 450 001 9910865268503321 005 20240614125227.0 010 $a9783031591815$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031591808 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-59181-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31479191 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31479191 035 $a(CKB)32291994300041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-59181-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932291994300041 100 $a20240614d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe African Continental Free Trade Area $eProspects, Problems and Challenges /$fby Benjamin Ofori-Amoah 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (221 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Ofori-Amoah, Benjamin The African Continental Free Trade Area Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2024 9783031591808 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Perspectives on International Trade and Development -- Chapter 2. Regional Trade Agreements: Theory, Aspirations, and Realities -- Chapter 3. The Economic Community of West African States -- Chapter 4. The Economic Community of Central African States -- Chapter 6. The Southern African Development Community -- Chapter 7. The Community of Sahel-Saharan States -- Chapter 8. The East African Community -- Chapter 9. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa -- Chapter 10. Other Regional Trade Agreements -- Chapter 11. Conclusion. 330 $aIn March of 2018, 44 African countries signed the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA) to launch what is considered as the largest free trade area in the world. The signing of the agreement has been hailed as a major breakthrough for African development by African countries and organizations as well as external observers of African affairs. This is not the first time African countries have proposed a new organizational and institutional structure for development. African countries have signed at least 13 regional trade agreements (RTAs) for intraregional trade since 1959. However, the track record of these groups has been relatively mediocre compared to RTAs elsewhere. Thus, Africa has the lowest percentage of intracontinental trade in the world. This volume evaluates the prospects and challenges for the AfCFTA through a deep-dive assessment of previous trade blocs on the African continent and of regional free trade areas in other parts of the world. The central question of the book is this: If pre-AfCFTA trade blocs in Africa did not encourage more intracontinental trade, what guarantees that the AfCTA will? The formation of the AfCFTA will definitely remove overlapping membership that existed with previous trading blocs on the continent, but what is different about the AfCFTA that will get rid of cumbersome regulation, boost manufacturing, and create jobs? This book argues that the dreams of AfCFTA will not be realized unless African countries make efforts to address the industry mix of their economies and to enforce the rules and regulations they set down on paper. 606 $aEconomic geography 606 $aAfrica$xEconomic conditions 606 $aEconomic policy 606 $aEconomic Geography 606 $aAfrican Economics 606 $aEconomic Policy 615 0$aEconomic geography. 615 0$aAfrica$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aEconomic policy. 615 14$aEconomic Geography. 615 24$aAfrican Economics. 615 24$aEconomic Policy. 676 $a330.9 700 $aOfori-Amoah$b Benjamin$01742833 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910865268503321 996 $aThe African Continental Free Trade Area$94169553 997 $aUNINA