The Political Economy of EEC Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States

The Political Economy of EEC Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Author: Frank Long
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1483189007

The Political Economy of EEC Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States is a collection of papers the covers various areas of concerns in the relationship between the European Economic Community (EEC) and African, Caribbean and Pacific States (AFP). The text first covers the political economy of the EEC-ACP relations, and the proceeds to discussing indexation and stabilization scheme. In the last part, the selection deals with concerns in technology transfer, trade, and market access between the EEC and ACP. The book will be of great use to economists, sociologists, and political scientists.

Sustainable Development in Africa-Eu Relations

Sustainable Development in Africa-Eu Relations
Author: Mark Langan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9780367588670

The European Union has been one of the most vocal advocates of 'sustainable development', particularly in its dealings with developing countries. Even prior to the formulation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the EU has insisted upon the need for sustainable approaches to poverty reduction and economic growth in the Global South. When examining EU relations with African countries as part of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group, however, it becomes clear that the translation of Europe's sustainability discourse into practice is highly problematic. Notably, there are concerns that the EU's free market approach to development - embodied in its EPA trade deals - is incompatible with genuine, pro-poor forms of sustainable growth. Moreover, the EU is often seen as a hegemonic actor whose trade and aid interventions in Africa often do more to perpetuate poverty than to ameliorate it. This book casts a critical light on Africa-EU relations with regards to the EU's sustainability pledges. It does this through looking at an array of issues - not least trade, aid, the environment, and democratic institutions. In this vein, the book poses a challenge to EU trade and development discourse in the era of the UN SDGs. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal.

Beyond Market Access for Economic Development

Beyond Market Access for Economic Development
Author: Gerrit Faber
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2009-06-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134015798

Starting from the observation that the establishment of free trade as such will substantially impact upon economic development, the different contributions focus on the potential contribution of non-traditional aspects of EPAs.

Trade Relations Between the EU and Africa

Trade Relations Between the EU and Africa
Author: Yenkong Ngangjoh-Hodu
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2009-10-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135193509

This timely volume advances an alternative set of inter-related, interdisciplinary perspectives and debates which contribute to overlapping genres and discourses on development economics and trade relations between the EU and Africa.

The European Union in Africa

The European Union in Africa
Author: Maurizio Carbone
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2015-11-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526103303

The European Union in Africa: Incoherent policies, asymmetrical partnership, declining relevance? provides a comprehensive analysis of EU-Africa relations since the beginning of the twenty-first century and includes contributions from leading experts in the field of EU external relations. It seeks to explain how the relationship evolved through discussion of a number of different policies and agreements, ranging from established areas such as aid, agriculture, trade and security, to new areas such as migration, climate change, energy and social policies. This book successfully challenges a number of widely-held assumptions on the role of the EU in Africa, and at the same time sheds light on the role and identity of the EU in the international arena. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in the field of EU external relations as well as practitioners of international development.

EU and CARICOM

EU and CARICOM
Author: Alicia Elias Roberts
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2020-10-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1000198839

Investigating the unique EU-CARICOM legal relationship, this book explores the major theme of globalisation, which shapes inter-regional organisations individually and determines their relationship to one another. It evaluates how EU-CARICOM relations have fostered trade, security and other development measures, reflecting on the past, future and present of the Caribbean states that are active in the EU-CARICOM framework. Providing case studies on key issues such as immigration, tax and energy, it examines the impact that the EU-CARICOM has on the slave trade and the deportation of millions of people. Such bitter experiences still indirectly shape culture, hopes and the economic framework of possibilities today; therefore, the focus of the volume is on the issues which the constant stream of globalisation creates. The book assesses many potential impacts that the agenda of the EU and Brexit pending will have upon the EU-CARICOM relationship, given the potential for these to create instability. Overall, it highlights how the EU and CARICOM are representations for multilateralism and serve as models that provide the basis for many successful initiatives and agreements. In all new agreements and negotiations, the will to accept the Sustainable Development Goals and thus to make inequality, climate change and other goals of the SDGs the basis of an order that puts people at the centre, are evaluated, and the global agenda 2030 and its impact on EU-CARICOM. Overall, it highlights how the EU and CARICOM are representations for multilateralism and serve as models that provide the basis for many successful initiatives and agreements. In all new agreements and negotiations, the will to accept the Sustainable Development Goals and thus to make inequality, climate change and other goals of the SDGs the basis of an order that puts people at the centre, are evaluated, and the global agenda 2030 and its impact on EU-CARICOM.

EU Development Cooperation

EU Development Cooperation
Author: Karin Arts
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2004-04-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780719062988

The authors of this text assess why EU development policy has become largely ineffective, citing as reasons the liberalization of trade and the growing influence of US and international players such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund upon EU policy.

Multilateralism and the World Trade Organisation

Multilateralism and the World Trade Organisation
Author: Rorden Wilkinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2006-04-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134597355

This book explores the significance of the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as well as some of the issues brought into sharper focus by the Seattle demonstrations of 1999. Located within the broader study of global governance, Multilateralism and the World Trade Organisation offers a critical examination of the legal framework of the WTO. The book uncovers a series of discriminatory practices embedded in the WTO's legal framework, which act to the disadvantage of smaller, developing and transitional states.

Integrating Human Rights into Development Cooperation: The Case of the Lomé Convention

Integrating Human Rights into Development Cooperation: The Case of the Lomé Convention
Author: Karin Arts
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2021-08-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004482490

Human rights, democracy and governance concerns are prominent elements in the development cooperation policy of the European Community. The relations between the European Community (EC) and 71 developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) have proved to be a laboratory for developing ideas on these matters, for translating them into binding treaty norms, and for applying them in practice. The experiences gained in the ACP-EC relationship carry special value because they are the product of dialogue and joint decision-making between groups of developed and developing states. Therefore, 25 years of ACP-EC cooperation under the Lomé Convention provide a rich learning ground for anybody involved or interested in (the debate on) linking development cooperation to human rights and to human rights related concerns. This book explores the international law aspects of the subject. It first investigates the general international legal basis for linking development cooperation to human rights, democracy and good governance. Both the negative and positive ways of making such a linking (by punitive and supportive measures) are addressed. The book then delves into the evolution of Lomé treaty norms on the subject, and into the concrete human rights practices that took shape under them. It explores the contributions to and influence of both the EC and ACP states on those treaty provisions and practices. A comprehensive overview is provided of the support measures and sanctions resorted to in response to the human rights situation in ACP countries. The book assesses the overall experiences gained and presents a synthesis of factors that proved to be constraints or conducive to the efforts to integrate human rights fully into ACP-EC development cooperation. The insights gained could well inform similar efforts undertaken by others.