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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Customs union"”.
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Socioeconomics of tobacco use in the Southern African Customs Union
… and women from countries in the Southern African Customs Union, using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys for Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland; and the National Income Dynamics Study for South Africa. This paper finds that among both men and women, cigarette use is higher in urban areas, …
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The decline of piston manufacturers in the Southern African Customs Union
… piston manufacturers in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). SACU is comprised of the following five member states; South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland. Owing to the SACU agreement, these countries have enjoyed fairly good trade flows in goods and services amongst each …
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Constraints oriented approaches in advancing spatial data infrastructure: case of Southern African Customs Union
… for this study, with the five Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries forming the scope for the investigations. This study focussed on investigating SACU countries SDIs and the associated sub-region with the aim of fostering on-going improvement. To do that, the prevailing SDI …
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The Export Processing Zones (EPZs) in Tanzania: Experiences and Challenges for East African Customs Union
… articulating the implications for East African Customs Union that was assented to in 2005. The study aims to do this by finding out the progress made in the process of the development of EPZs in Tanzania, its relevance, challenges and appreciation in Tanzania and in the Regional East African …
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Tackling Tax Evasion: Transfer Price Manipulation, Extractive Natural Resources and a Strategy for the Southern African Customs Union
… TPM within the countries of the Southern African Customs Union. It does this by 1) defining the terrain of illicit flows, both generally and specifically to the abuse of transfer pricing through TPM, as well as the nature of corruption in the natural resources sector; 2) exploring the role of …
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Economic Partership Agreeements and Regional Integration: A Case Study of the Southern Africa Customs Union and the Southern African Development Community
In many respects, developing countries have sought regional integration (RI) as the device to propel them into a new era of development and economic prosperity. Within an African context, the importance of regrouping countries was further strengthened by the need to deconstruct the artificial …
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The effect of the East African community integration process on informal cross-border trade (ICBT) : an analysis of the Customs Union Protocol
… by escaping the normal border procedures like customs clearance. As a consequence of the said informality, ICBT is viewed as illegal cross border activities. Despite the fact that it is not possible to give the accurate extent of ICBT in the East African Community (EAC), it continues to grow by …
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An Evaluation of the Communication Strategies Used By The COMESA Public Relations Unit To Disseminate Information About the Comesa Customs Union to Cross Border Traders in Selected Comesa Member States
… the third stage of regional integration known as Customs Union. A Customs Union is simply a merger of two or more customs territories .It involves the linking together of two or more economies regardless of geographical proximity through the removal of barriers such as tariffs and immigration …
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An Evaluation of the Communication Strategies Used By The COMESA Public Relations Unit To Disseminate Information About the Comesa Customs Union to Cross Border Traders in Selected Comesa Member States
… the third stage of regional integration known as Customs Union. A Customs Union is simply a merger of two or more customs territories .It involves the linking together of two or more economies regardless of geographical proximity through the removal of barriers such as tariffs and immigration …
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A comparative analysis of the protection of women's labour rights in the apparel industries of the Southern African Customs Union member states of South Africa and Lesotho, under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
The introduction of the African Growth and Opportunity Act agreements between the Government of the United States of America and eligible Sub-Saharan countries has helped to highlight the shortcomings of labour laws in certain African states. These shortcomings are particularly evident in the …
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Harmonization of competition policy in Southern Africa
… (SADC) in 1992 and the Southern African Customs Union of 1969 (SACU), this research examines the approach (both internationally and regionally) towards one of the important disciplines, namely, competition policy
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Welfare analysis of Guatemala in the Central American Common Market: An application of the new international trade theory
Traditional theory of customs union predicts an ultimate failure of integration efforts in semi-industrialized regions (SIC). A review of economic literature published during the last ten years suggests that there are new paradigms in international trade which can be applied specifically to the …
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The legality of Botswana's import bans under the SACU agreement of 2002: an analysis of the SACU agreement's trade liberalization framework
The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is the world's oldest functioning customs union, founded in 1910. A key objective of SACU, evident through its 2002 Agreement (the Agreement), is to facilitate the cross-border movement of goods between the territories of the respective member countries, or …
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The regulation on trade barriers under SADC and EAC: assessing the effectiveness of their legal framework
… Development Community (SADC), Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) and Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). Owing to the scope of this study, only the trade liberalization initiatives under SADC and EAC will be evaluated. The trade liberalization strategies will focus on the …
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The role of law in deepening regional integration in Southern Africa - a comparative analysis of SADC and COMESA
… back to the creation of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) in 1917, which was the world's first customs union. Upon gaining independence, states formed the Organization of African Unity (OAU). At that time, Heads of States viewed regional integration as a protectionist measure against …
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Tanzania's trade in the East Africa Community
… Community at its initial stage The East African Customs Union. Since the idea of the revival of the defunct East African Community came up trade in the three East African Countries has showed a trend of both growing and stagnating. The cooperation should be encouraged as it shows there are …
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Integrating Lesotho economy into the regional automotive value chain : manufacturing of car-seat covers
… manufacturers to other Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries was assessed, Lesotho being used as a case study. It set out to find out if Lesotho firms have the potential to contribute to the automotive value chains through manufacture of car seat covers.
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Economic Integration: Impacts and Alternative Responses in Brazil's Northeast
… of a uniform exchange rate overvaluation on a customs union scenario. Results indicate improved trade balance for Mercosul and changes in sectoral contributions to gross regional product, with loses for the mineral sector and gains for the machinery and the Northeast textile sectors. This …
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TOWARDS A SINGLE INVESTMENT AREA IN THE EAST AFRICAN REGION: FRAMEWORK, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES
… into the member countries through provision of a customs union that provides a common external tariff (CET). In addition, a single market can be created that provides four principal freedoms; free movement of goods, services, people and labour. As an offshoot of this integration process, …
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TDCA and SADC EPA : facilitation of market growth and integration or decline within SACU? : a critical analysis
… since the establishment of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) in 1910. These states developed and are still continuing to develop promising approaches to trade negotiations in both multilateral and regional economic negotiations 2 and agreements they have with the European Union (EU) such …
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