Assessing prospective trade policy : methods applied to EU-ACP economic partnership agreements / / edited by Oliver Morrissey

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 337.401724
• Soggetto topico: International economic relations
• Soggetto geografico: European Union countries Foreign economic relations Africa; Africa Foreign economic relations European Union countries; European Union countries Foreign economic relations Caribbean Area; Caribbean Area Foreign economic relations European Union countries; European Union countries Foreign economic relations Pacific Area; Pacific Area Foreign economic relations European Union countries; Africa Commercial treaties; Caribbean Area Commercial treaties; Pacific Area Commercial treaties
• Altri autori: MorrisseyOliver
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; 1 Introduction: EPAs and prospective trade policy analysis; 2 Overview and comparative analysis of EPAs; 3 The impact of EPAs on ACP imports and welfare; 4 Adjusting to an EPA: Evidence for Mauritius; 5 Trade and poverty impacts for Uganda; 6 Trade and growth impacts for Kenya; 7 Import response to tariff reductions in Africa; 8 Export performance of ACP countries in perspective; 9 Economic Partnership Agreements and food security; 10 Conclusions: EPAs to promote ACP development; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The European Union (EU) has provided trade preferences to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries since 1975. To maintain these preferences, a series of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the EU and regional groupings of ACP countries are being agreed, (negotiations started around 2003 and many framework agreements have been signed). As multilateral negotiations within the World Trade Organisation have stalled, EPAs are currently the single most important policy issue for ACP trade. This volume assesses EPAs and the potential impact on ACP countries, provides guidance
• Titolo autorizzato: Assessing prospective trade policy
• ISBN: 1-136-90936-2; 1-136-90937-0; 1-282-88596-0; 9786612885969; 0-203-84295-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826515603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in development economics ; ; 85.