Trade Reform and Regional Integration in Africa / / Zubair Iqbal, Mohsin Khan

• Autore: Iqbal Zubair
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (522 p.)
• Disciplina: 382/.3/0967
• Soggetto topico: Exports and Imports; Foreign Exchange; Taxation; International Economics; Natural Resources; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations; Trade: General; Financial Aspects of Economic Integration; Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics: General; International Investment; Long-term Capital Movements; International economics; Public finance & taxation; International trade & commerce; Currency; Foreign exchange; Environmental management; Tariffs; Trade policy; Trade liberalization; Exports; Regional integration; Taxes; International trade; Imports; Commercial policy; Tariff; International economic integration
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Sub-Saharan Commercial policy Congresses; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions Regional disparities Congresses; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic integration Congresses; Africa, Sub-Saharan Foreign economic relations Congresses; South Africa
• Altri autori: KhanMohsin
• Note generali: "Papers presented at the IMF, African Economic Research Consortium seminar on Trade reform and regional integration in Africa, December 1-3, 1997."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- List of Abbreviations -- ; 1 Opening Address / Alassane Ouattara -- ; 2 Trade Reforms and Regional Integration : An Overview / Zubair Iqbal and Mohsin S. Khan -- ; Part I. Trade Reform, Macroeconomic Adjustment, and Growth -- ; 3 Trade Liberalization / Michael Mussa -- ; 4 Trade Liberalization in Sub-Saharan Africa / Robert Sharer -- ; 5 The Revenue Implications of Trade Liberalization / Liam P. Ebrill and Janet G. Stotsky -- ; 6 Globalization: Implications for Africa / Paul Collier -- ; 7 Why Is Trade Reform So Difficult in Africa? / Dani Rodrik -- ; 8 Africa's Role in Multilateral Trade Negotiations: Past and Future / Zhen Kun Wang and L. Alan Winters -- ; 9 Trade and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Benno J. Ndulu and Njuguna S. Ndung'u -- ; 10 Africa: Industrialization Strategy in the Context of Globalization Charles / Chukwuma Soludo -- ; Part II. Regional Integration in Africa -- ; 11 Regional Integration: Lessons from Asia and the Western Hemisphere / Gary Hufbauer and Barbara Kotschwar -- ; 12 Trade Policy and Regional Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa / Ademola Oyejide -- ; 13 Beyond Trade: Regional Arrangements as a Window on Globalization / Christian A. Francois and Arvind Subramanian -- ; 14 Regional Integration, Trade, and Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa / Ibrahim A. Elbadawi and Francis M. Mwega -- ; 15 Sub-Saharan African Experiences with Regional Integration / Ernest Aryeetey -- ; 16 Regional Integration Arrangements in Southern Africa: SADC and SACU / Trudi Hartzenberg and Gavin Maasdorp -- ; 17 Regional Trade Arrangements: The COMESA Experience / Louis A. Kasekende and Charles A. Abuka -- ; 18 The Role of ECOWAS in Trade Liberalization / Charles D. Jebuni -- List of Participants.
• Sommario/riassunto: Edited by Zubair Iqbal and Mohsin Khan, this volume is a collection of papers given at a seminar on trade issues in Africa, conducted by the IMF nad the African Economic Research Consortium. It represents the views of government officials, academics, and representatives from multilateral and regional agencies on issues relating to trade reform and regionalism in Africa. Issues include the role of trade liberalization in promoting sustained growth, interdependence of trade and macroeconomic policies, impediments to effective trade reforms, the steps needed to accelerate trade reform, and the importance of regional interaction.
• Titolo autorizzato: Trade Reform and Regional Integration in Africa
• ISBN: 1-4623-4610-3; 1-4552-1244-X; 1-283-53551-3; 9786613847966; 1-4552-9914-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779274903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Books