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The institutional challenge of the ACP/EU Economic Partnership Agreements
The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the European Union could serve as an opportunity to accelerate global and regional trade integration of ACP countries. Moreover, the European Commission intends to use EPAs as a tool for development and the eradication of poverty in ACP countries. To achieve their potential development, however, there are a number of preconditions in ACP countries to be fulfilled. This paper argues that institutional quality plays a key role in a successful trade liberalisation. In fact, only countries with high-quality institutions, partly in the form of good government regulations, are likely to benefit from trade. nfortunately, the vast majority of African ACP countries have excessive regulations that hinder them from taking advantage of trade. For the necessary institutional reforms to resolve this problem, we will discuss a number of important issues that have to be addressed to enable ACP countries to take full advantage of EPAs.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: HWWI Research Paper ; No. 2-3
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economic Integration
Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Other Economic Systems: Political Economy; Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
- Subject
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Economic Partnership Agreements
Trade, Institutional Quality
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Borrmann, Axel
Busse, Matthias
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Veröffentlichung
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Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut (HWWI)
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Hamburg
- (when)
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2006
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Borrmann, Axel
- Busse, Matthias
- Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut (HWWI)
Time of origin
- 2006
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Rules of origin in EU-ACP economic partnership agreements
The impact of economic partnership agreements on ACP agriculture imports and welfare
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