What’s at Stake in the WTO: Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa
Agriculture and Development Right to Food is a fundamental right – Article 11 on the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Agriculture is the focus of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2: End ...
Read MoreUNCTAD – Mitigation or Aggravation?
Prosperity for all Trade as an engine for inclusive growth & sustainable development The UNCTAD Regime and Africa Beneficial integration of DCs, including African countries, especially LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS, into the international trading and ...
Read MorePresentation on Mega-regional (TPP, TTIP) & Africa
Outline of Presentation Introduction Paralysis of the WTO From Multilateralism to the Proliferation of FTAs The Rise of Mega-regionals The incoherence, Uncertainty and Africa What kind response is needed Key Message Introduction Today we are ...
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UNECA-TWN Africa Colloquium The CFTA: Internal Challenges & External Threats
GLOBAL FINANCE AND THE CHALLENGES OF FINANCING INTEGRATION & DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILISATION IN AFRICA Highlights of Evolving Interface between Global Finance Economic Trends in Africa Accelerating Integration of African economic activities & agents in Global ...
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Mega Regionals, EPAs, AGOA and Africa
Africa’s industrialization aspirations the context Africa’s growth experience has not been shared Slow movement of social indications Lack of diversification of production and trade Movement towards low-productivity activities In its interaction with the rest of ...
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TWN-Africa, ROAPE webinar series takes off FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Third World Network-Africa together with ROAPE, will hold a series of three webinars starting in August 2021 to explore the…
Information Brief on AfCFTA Third World Network-Africa October 30, 2020
SACU member states debate AfCFTA tariff concessions amidst economic realities in the region, as the January 2021 date for trading…
GLOBAL FINANCE AND AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES:A Prospectus for African Research And Advocacy
From 19-21 February 2019 Third World Network Africa (TWN-Africa) hosted policy makers, scholars and activists from Africa, and from Europe,…
Crisis, Restructuring and Challenges of Finance in Development: Recent Experiences of Banking in Ghana
Introduction For two years from 2017, Ghana underwent a “banking crisis” which is not fully over with continuing ripple effects.…