TY  - BOOK
ED  - United Nations.
ED  - African Union,
ED  - African Development Bank,
TI  - Assessing regional integration in Africa VIII: bringing the Continental Free Trade Area about
SN  - 9789211251289
AV  - HF 2416 .A87 2017
U1  - 338.96 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PB  - Publications Section, Economic Commission for Africa
KW  - Free trade
KW  - Africa
KW  - Customs unions
KW  - Regionalism
KW  - fast
KW  - International economic integration
KW  - Economic integration
N1  - "African Union, ECA, African Development Bank Group."; "The report was prepared under the overall guidance of Abdallah Hamdok, ECA Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist, with oversight by Stephen Karingi, Ofcer-in-Charge, Regional Integration and Trade Division. The core team preparing the Report consisted of David Luke, Coordinator of ECA's African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) and Jamie MacLeod, ATPC Trade Policy Fellow."; "Sales No.: E.17.II.K.4"--Title page verso; "Print ISSN: 2411-8192."; Includes bibliographical references; Also available on the World Wide Web
N2  - The establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) is a major milestone in the long march of African integration. As foreseen in the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (commonly known as the Abuja Treaty), which entered into force in 1994, the integration process is to culminate in the African Economic Community. A review of the current status of Africa's economic integration is the subject of Chapter 2. The CFTA aspires to liberalize trade between African countries across the continent and to build on the considerable successes already achieved within Africa's regional economic communities (RECs). By doing so, the CFTA is set to facilitate intra-African trade; foster regional value chains that can facilitate integration into the global economy; and energize industrialization, competitiveness and innovation-- and thereby contribute to African economic and social progress and development
UR  - https://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/PublicationFiles/aria8_eng_fin.pdf
ER  -