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Flexible regional economic integration in Africa : lessons and implications for the multilateral trading system

Title
  1. Flexible regional economic integration in Africa : lessons and implications for the multilateral trading system / Timothy Masiko.
Published by
  1. Gordonsville : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.
  2. ©2022
Author
  1. Masiko, Timothy

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Description
  1. xxii, 250 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "This book examines the relationship between flexible regional economic integration in the East African Community (EAC), through its application of variable geometry, and the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as a continent-wide form of integration. It uses a historical, political, legal and economic analysis of the processes that led to the adoption of flexible regional integration in Africa, with particular regard to the EAC. This takes place in the inescapable context of pan-Africanism, showing how regional integration efforts in Africa are based on pan-Africanist ideals, and how an evolution of these ideals has led to an evolution in the goals of integration. With growing awareness of the weaknesses and impracticality of consensus-based decision-making on a global level, it makes the case for the pursuit of flexibility in multilateral trade, drawing lessons from the experience of the AfCFTA and blocs in other regions. This book is a historical evaluation of regional economic integration efforts in Africa and it follows the path of attempts to integrate the economies on the continent from colonial times to the birth of the AfCFTA. While it is a study in law, it relies heavily on politics, economics and history to weave together a more complete theory of economic integration based on the African experience. Flexible Regional Economic Integration in Africa was awarded the 2020 SIEL-Hart Prize in International Economic Law"--
Series statement
  1. Studies in international trade and investment law ; v. 26
Uniform title
  1. Studies in international trade and investment law ; v. 26.
Subject
  1. East African Community
  2. 2000-2099
  3. International economic integration
  4. Trade blocs > Africa
  5. Pan-Africanism > Economic aspects
  6. Intégration économique internationale
  7. Blocs commerciaux > Afrique
  8. Panafricanisme > Aspect économique
  9. Economic history
  10. Trade blocs
  11. Africa, East > Economic conditions > 21st century
  12. Afrique orientale anglophone > Conditions économiques > 21e siècle
  13. Africa
  14. Africa, East
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.