David Luke, the Coordinator for Africa Trade Policy - Regional Integration & Trade Division at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)'s David Luke explains in this video that Africa's regional integration and Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) are a way of widening the continent's economic space, thereby creating levels of incentive that can attract businesses to invest. During this month's United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), experts from the African Union Commission (AUC), supported by the ECA, met to work on the draft text of the CFTA Agreement. Read more. More about the ECA in this BRIEFING.
David Luke, the Coordinator for Africa Trade Policy - Regional Integration & Trade Division at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
David Luke, the Coordinator for Africa Trade Policy - Regional Integration & Trade Division at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), explains in this video Africa's plans for regional integration and to create a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) as a way of widening the economic space thereby creating more incentives for businesses to invest in it.
see more »Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA) VII examines how the three elements of regional integration, innovation and competitiveness are interlinked. It explores the prospects for harnessing them within the framework of Africa's normative regional integration development model oriented to foster structural change. The report aims to shed light on innovation and competitiveness in the broader context of development policy and strategy in Africa.
see more »The commitment of African countries to regional integration is evident with plans for a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). While there are ongoing discussions on how the CFTA can be made to work for all the people on the continent, the recently launched African Regional Integration Index 2016 Report will be a means of tracking regional integration
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