The Cotonou Agreement

The Cotonou Agreement
Author: Commonwealth Secretariat. Economic Affairs Division
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780850927894

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The ACP-EU Partnership agreement commonly referred to as the Cotonou Agreement brings together over 100 countries in an integrated trade, development assistance and political co-operation relationship. The agreement represents one of the most comprehensive partnership agreement in the world, concluded between groups of developing countries on the one hand and developed countries on the other. The agreement consists of a basic framework of 100 articles supplemented by Annexes, Protocols, annexes to protocols, single and joint declarations integral to the legal text. This wealth of information makes the agreement both complex and difficult to follow. It is this complexity which has given rise to the production of this User's Guide to the Cotonou Agreement. By way of a simple question and answer format, the guide simplifies the agreement making it more accessible to end users, who include, amongst others, policy-makers, the private sector and other stakeholders, thereby making greater use of resources and enhancing the opportunities available under the agreement.

The European Union and the Developing Countries

The European Union and the Developing Countries
Author: Olufemi Babarinde
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2005-02-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9047406788

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Authors from different backgrounds (including law, political science and economics) analyze the forces that gave rise to the new agreement as well as the negotiating process of the new agreement, and the negotiations that are taking place to produce the planned Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) that are to replace the existing non-reciprocal trade preferences that are incompatible with WTO law.

The ACP Group and the EU Development Partnership

The ACP Group and the EU Development Partnership
Author: Annita Montoute
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319454927

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This book constitutes a systematic and critical assessment of the nature, evolution, and prospects of the development partnership between the 79-member African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) group of states and the 28-member European Union (EU). A core theme that runs through the work is that the ACP’s partnership with the EU remains an important framework for addressing development challenges in the African, Caribbean, and Pacific regions, but needs to adapt to changes in the global political economy, as well as internal developments in both the ACP and the EU, to sustain its relevance and effectiveness. This is crucial for the ACP group, in particular, given its origins in, and core focus on, development cooperation with Europe. The authors in this volume examine the history of the ACP-EU partnership since 1975; the EU’s relationship with the African, Caribbean, and Pacific regions individually; ACP experiences with economic partnership agreements with the EU; and new political issues, in particular, security, migration, and diasporas. Shedding light on the future prospects of this relationship, this book will be of interest to both scholars and policymakers working on the ACP-EU relationship and related development issues, including trade, aid, security, and migration.

The New EU-ACP Partnership

The New EU-ACP Partnership
Author: Francis A. S. T. Matambalya
Publisher:
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2001
Genre: Africa, Eastern
ISBN:

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