Enhancing Investment in West Africa: The Role of Investment Instruments in Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations (Economic Paper Series) - Softcover

Bankole, Aboidun S.; Adewuyi, Adeolu O.; Alaba, Olumuyiwa; Oyejide, T. Ademola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849290024 ISBN 13: 9781849290029

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2009

Synopsis

The Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the ECOWAS states of West Africa envisages co-operation between the two sides with the aim of enhancing investment and private sector development in the ECOWAS region. This study explores the options available to ECOWAS states for promoting, protecting and guaranteeing flows of domestic and foreign direct investment, in the context of the ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements, so that development gains are realised in these economies.

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About the Author:

Professor T Ademola Oyejide is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Ibadan, and Executive Director of its Trade Policy Research and Training Programme (TPRTP). Dr Abiodun Bankole is a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics of the University of Ibadan, and a senior research fellow at the TPRTP. Dr Olumuyiwa Alaba is a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics of the Lead City University, Ibadan, and a senior research fellow at the TPRTP. Dr Adeolu O Adewuyi is a lecturer in the Department of Economics of the University of Ibadan, and a senior research fellow at the TPRTP.

About this edition

• Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1849290024
• ISBN 13: 9781849290029
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 90