03290nam a22004575i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001200153072001600165072002300181072001500204100007600219245015300295250001800448264007900466300004500545336002600590337002600616338003600642347002400678505079400702520090301496650002702399650001502426650002502441650003302466650002702499650004402526650002502570650002302595710003402618773002602652776003602678776003602714776003602750856004602786978-3-031-66605-6DE-He21320251030113312.0cr nn 008mamaa241115s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316660567 a10.1007/978-3-031-66605-62doi 4aHD72-88 7aKCM2bicssc 7aBUS0680002bisacsh 7aKCM2thema1 aPáez, Laura.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut14aThe African Continental Free Trade Areah[electronic resource] :bMaking the Most of Free Trade and Investment in Global Markets /cby Laura Páez.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXXXI, 302 p. 24 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 a1. 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.  aThis 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. 0aDevelopment economics. 0aEconomics. 0aInternational trade. 0aAfricaxEconomic conditions.14aDevelopment Economics.24aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems.24aInternational Trade.24aAfrican Economics.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303166604908iPrinted edition:z978303166606308iPrinted edition:z978303166607040uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66605-6