Regional integration in Africa
By: preface by Jorge Braga de Macedo and Omar Kabbaj.
Contributors: Macedo, Jorge Braga de.; Kabbaj, Omar.; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre.; African Development Bank.; International Forum on African Perspectives (2nd : 2001).
Series: Development Centre seminars
Publisher: OECD, African Development Bank, Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Paris, France
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Regionalism -- Africa.; Africa -- Economic integration.
Description: Regional integration and co-ordination are not a panacea but they could hold the key to African countries' long-awaited participation in the world economy. This was one of the conclusions of the second International Forum on African Perspectives, jointly organised by the African Development Bank and the OECD Development Centre in February 2001, at which OECD and African economists discussed the prospects for regional initiatives in Africa. While many other factors need to be taken into consideration, regional approaches -- provided they are accompanied by domestic reforms -- can present an effective response to globalisation. Indeed, given the isolation of the African countries from the world economy, regional initiatives may be the only sustainable solution to the economic, political and social challenges raised by globalisation.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Papers from the Second International Forum on African Perspectives held in March 2001.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE : UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES; title: Regional Integration in Africa: Status and Perspectives; title: Naceur Bourenane; title: Regionalism and Development in Latin America: What Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa?; title: Andrea Goldstein and Carlos Quenan; title: Infrastructure for Economic Development in Africa; title: WT. Oshikoya and M. Nureldin Hussain; title: Laws, Institutions and Capital Markets Integration; title: Keith Jefferis and Kennedy Mbekeani; title: PART TWO : POLICY OPTIONS AND RESPONSES; title: The Prospects for Integration Have Improved; title: Lansana Kouyate; title: Regional Integration in Africa and the Global Economy; title: Clare Short; title: Regional Alternatives and National Options; title: Jakaya M. Kikwete; title: Europe's Commitment to Coherent Regional Initiatives; title: Koos Richelle; title: Globalisation, Regional Integration, Economic Growth and Democratic Consolidation; title: Michael Spicer; title: Poverty, Infrastructure and Coherence; title: Hilde Johnson; title: The Regional Approaches as a Liberating Factor; title: Hassan Abouyoub.; title: Integration and Infrastructure in Africa; title: Michael G. Tutty; title: Enhancing Infrastructure in Africa; title: Nazir Alli; title: Political Underpinning for Regional Integration; title: Jean-Pierre Jouyet.