The free trade area of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa / edited by Victor Murinde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murinde, Victor

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free trade--Africa, Eastern.

Free trade.

Free trade--Africa, Southern.

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.

Southern Africa.

Eastern Africa.

Physical Description:

xix, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2001]

Contents:

1.2 The theory of economic integration 4

1.3 The contribution of the book 10

2. The COMESA free trade area: concept, challenges and opportunities / Charles L. Chanthunya

2.2 Evolution of the trade liberalisation programme 14

2.3 Regional integration facilitation forum 17

2.4 Market integration programme 19

2.5 The customs union 20

2.6 Regional competition policy 26

2.7 Conclusion: prospects for trade promotion 26

3. An historical background to the formation of COMESA / Siteke G. Mwale

3.2 The formative years towards the PTA 32

3.3 The establishment of PTA 36

4. The institutional framework of COMESA / Stephen Karangizi, Mwansa J. Musonda

4.2 COMESA organs structure 41

4.3 Other COMESA integration programmes 46

5. Foreign direct investment, regional integration and economic growth: some lessons for Africa / Anthony Bende-Nabende

5.2 FDI and economic growth in developing countries 65

5.3 FDI and regional economic integration in developing countries 71

5.4 FDI and regionalism trends in Africa 78

5.5 Policy considerations for Africa 89

6. Export promotion and economic growth: evidence on African economies / Charles L. Chanthunya, Victor Murinde

6.2 Non-stationarity, cointegration and error-correction: procedures and results 112

6.3 Further empirical procedures and results: standard Granger-causality testing in a BVAR model 119

7. The implications of WTO and GATS for the banking sector in Africa / Victor Murinde, Cillian Ryan

7.2 Trade in financial services in the context of the pure theory of international trade 137

7.3 The main provisions of the GATS and trade liberalization 140

7.4 Banking systems in African economies and their efficiency 144

8. Globalization, economic restructuring, supply and policy responses in developing countries / Fadhil A. Mahdi

8.2 Relevant policy responses omitted 172

8.3 Supply response, demand management and the role of the state in development 174

8.4 COMESA, economic integration and globalisation 187

8.5 Some country responses in banking and finance 189

9. The COMESA vision and strategy for integrating trade and development regionally into the 21st century / Erastus J.O. Mwencha

9.1 The past: three decades of economic experience 203

9.2 The present: current development imperatives 204

9.3 The global trading system 206

9.4 Post-Lome EU-ACP relationships 207

9.5 Key challenges in the regional economy 208

9.6 Opportunities in the challenges 210

9.7 Building on lessons from experience 213

9.8 Looking into the future: prospects and outlook 214.

Notes:

A collection of 9 previously unpublished papers by British and African scholars.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index.

ISBN:

0754617327

OCLC:

45636818