| Title: | Beyond Preferential Market Access: Enhancing the Development Potential of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), a Focus on the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) |
| Citable URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/10427/35332 |
| Author: | Ofori-Adjei, Akua B. |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Citation: | Ofori-Adjei, Akua B.. "Beyond Preferential Market Access: Enhancing the Development Potential of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), a Focus on the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas)." 2006. Tufts University. Digital Collections and Archives. Medford, MA. http://hdl.handle.net/10427/35332 Available from Tufts Digital Library, Digital Collections and Archives, Medford, MA. http://hdl.handle.net/10427/35332 |
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Abstract: Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Abstract: Trade preferences targeted at developing countries have been a feature of developed countries' commercial policies for the past forty years. There are several debates on whether such preferential trade agreements yield benefits to participating countries. This paper, using the example of the fairly generous Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (over 98 percent of products from qualifying sub-Saharan countries to the US receive duty free treatment), examines some of the underlying reasons for the poor performance of preferential trade arrangements on the export performance of eligible countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).