Trade in the WAEMU : developments and reform opportunities /
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| Author / Creator: | Goretti, Manuela, author. |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (24 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | IMF working paper ; WP/08/68 IMF working paper ; WP/08/68. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12496731 |
| Summary: | This paper provides an overview of trade reform in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) since 1996 and a quantitative assessment of potential effects on trade patterns and tariff revenue of the current reform agenda. Despite evidence of significant trade complementarities within WAEMU, implementation of the union's current trade regime still suffers from persistent non-tariff barriers and administrative weaknesses. Based on an assessment of prospects for further trade integration, the paper also recommends strengthening the implementation of the present tariff union and supports the plan to extend it to all ECOWAS members. Finally, the paper stresses that an Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU could bring to the region the political momentum needed to address the weaknesses of the current trade regime, while also underlining the corresponding challenges in terms of trade diversion and tariff revenue losses. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (24 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-24). |
| ISBN: | 1282448196 9781282448193 |