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Showing 1 to 20 of 128 for “"African states"”.
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U.S. Military Engagement with Authoritarian East/Central African States
<p>This paper examines the question, "How can the US best engage authoritarian governments in Africa militarily, in order to facilitate more positive outcomes for that country's citizens?" In order to answer this, it is necessary to examine the presumption that authoritarian governments do not …
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The Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African states: A Legal perspective
… Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States (hereinafter referred to as the PTA) is not a new innovation in this part of Africa. Regional economic co-operation dates back to the era of colonial rule. Inter-territorial economic links were established by the colonial powers …
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Accounting for the increasing securitization of LGBTI groups in sub-Saharan African states
Societies in Sub-Saharan African states demonstrate a growing hostility towards sexual minorities. SSA states have politicized LGBTI identity and characterized it as being not an authentic African identity, but a product of Western values. LGBTI identity being characterized as an existential threat …
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Policy implications of the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) in regional development
… examination of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) since inception, the institutional protocols, and the operational procedures on regional integration. The study argues that ECOWAS is a transplant of the European Union's neo-functionalism model of regional integration and …
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Industrial development in West Africa : policies and progress in the economic community of West African states
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1990.
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Private Military Companies, Peacekeeping, and African States: A Critical Analysis of PMCs in Peacekeeping Operations in Africa
… involvement in UN peacekeeping missions in African states. The involvement of PMCs in the affairs of states is a controversial and divisive issue, but since the end of the Cold War, they have become increasingly involved in the security structures of African states, and in post-conflict …
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Exit, voice, and loyalty: an analysis of African states' behaviour in relation to the international criminal court
African states have been divided in their relations with the International Criminal Court (ICC). Despite these divisions, the literature on this relationship has focused on withdrawal behaviour to the neglect of other types of behaviour, such as support for the ICC. Consequently, it is unable to …
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) passport and the facilitation of the Free Movement of Persons
The movement of people across African borders has become a significant element of regional integration efforts throughout the continent. Consequently, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has adopted a number of programmes aimed at facilitating the free movement of community …
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The African Development Bank Group role in promoting regional economic integration in the economic community of West African states
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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Regional Economic Communities in Africa as a Conflict Mitigation Mechanism: The Case of the Economic Community of West African States
<p>The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is the regional institution mandated to develop economic and political integration between its 15 member states. ECOWAS expanded its mandate in the 1990s to include conflict prevention and mitigation. The Council of the Wise, a group of …
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A Regional Approach to Analysis of Food Security Framework and Policies of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
… <p>In 2010, the Economic Community of West African States began to develop a Regional Food Reserve. To analyze the effect a Regional Food Reserve could have on West African consumers due to a production shock, a spatial partial equilibrium model was utilized to analyze reserve stock …
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Asymmetrical power relations: a legal analysis of the European Union and Economic Community of West African States Economic Partnership Agreement
… Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, declares that African countries have the right to benefit from their own comparative advantage. He further stated that the EPAs would, inevitably, herald the end of the colonial ideological construct of the previous trading system and usher in mutually beneficial …
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The Role of a Regional Power in Regional Integration: The case of Nigeria in the Economic Community of West African States
Theoretically, it has been determined that the presence of a powerful state within a particular region is a significant ingredient for regional stability and integration. Practically, however, evidence has surfaced that regional powers can equally undermine regional integration. Regional powers …
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Currency convertibility and payments arrangements between the common monetary area and the preferential trade area for Eastern and Southern African states
… trade within the Eastern and Southern African region. Currency inconvertibility is a non-tariff trade barrier which limits and distorts international trade expansion. Therefore, alternative arrangements that may be used in order to remedy this problem are considered. Exchange rate …
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The distribution of rights and responsibilities under international climate change law: an examination of the equity approach advanced by African states
… 1992 to 2015, this thesis set out to examine how African states have sought to interpret the principle of equity within international climate change negotiations and the extent to which climate change treaties, from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to the Paris …
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Policy issues and regional integration: a case study of Nigeria'a policy in the economic community of West African States (ECOWAS) - 1979-1997
… 's policy in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) between 1979-1997. It is an investigation of the forces that have been driving the integration efforts in West Africa. The study focuses on the period between 1979-1997. The analysis proceeds through three phases: Firstly the …
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An examination into the quality of regional trade institutions: The economic community of West African states (ECOWAS); a historical, theoretical and modelling perspective
This thesis examines the determinants of institutional quality and the process of convergence in the ECOWAS in order to inform policy about the region’s deep integration scheme. The first part of the thesis examines the historical changes that took place in the development of common institutions in …
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An examination into the quality of regional trade institutions: The economic community of West African states (ECOWAS); a historical, theoretical and modelling perspective
This thesis examines the determinants of institutional quality and the process of convergence in the ECOWAS in order to inform policy about the region’s deep integration scheme. The first part of the thesis examines the historical changes that took place in the development of common institutions in …
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