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<title>Expert Interview with Axel Berger on Synergising Investment Facilitation Agendas in Africa</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In this interview, APRI discusses progress in the African Continental Free Trade Area and Investment Facilitation for Development agreements while exploring and proposing measures for increased synergy in their implementation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:58:48 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Teniola T. Tayo</dc:creator>
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<title>German trade and investment in Africa: Geoeconomics, regional complementarities and domestic resource mobilisation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The author argues that finding a balance between corporate interests and principled foreign policy poses a unique challenge for the nation grappling with shifting geopolitical dynamics. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:32:34 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>The AfCFTA and the Vision for a Pan&#45;African Investment Agency</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The proposed Pan-African Trade and Investment Agency could transform Africa&#039;s investment landscape, driving funding and collaboration under the AfCFTA umbrella. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Teniola T. Tayo</dc:creator>
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<title>Expert Interview with Amilcar Monteiro On Cape Verde and Trade</title>
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<dc:creator>Teniola T. Tayo</dc:creator>
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<title>The AfCFTA can help address African inequalities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Careful implementation and strategic investment in human capital and labour mobility are key to ensuring that the benefits of the AfCFTA are equitably shared and no one is left behind. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Teniola T. Tayo</dc:creator>
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<title>Coordinating investment promotion under the AfCFTA</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A regional value chain approach may help with efforts to promote the African single market for investment. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Teniola T. Tayo</dc:creator>
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<title>The Road to Africa’s Single Market: Progress so far and challenges for the future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ There have been major developments on the journey of preparedness for implementing the AfCFTA, including successes and challenges. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 06:19:44 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Teniola T. Tayo</dc:creator>
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<title>Ensuring the success of the AfCFTA &#45; Issues for urgent consideration</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This brief investigates the development of factor markets and how these influence the national and regional strategies of economic diversification, financial commitments and negotiations under the Agreement within the broader objective of the AfCFTA. ]]></description>
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<title>The Dynamics of the Trade Finance Gap in Africa</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Reducing the trade finance gap in Africa requires understanding of the factors that drive its evolution. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eugene Bempong Nyantakyi</dc:creator>
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