Suchergebnisse

The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has long been criticised for its price-distorting impact on world markets. Pressure to reform the CAP emanated previously from domestic European concerns over the costs, efficacy and efficiency of the policy and, internationally, from countries whose competitive advantage was undermined. More recently developing countries, NGOs, multilateral institutions and development agencies have orchestrated a campaign to liberalise European agriculture, in the expectation that developing countries will benefit from a shift in production away from high-cost European producers. But it would be naïve to think of liberalisation as bringing universal benefits to the developing world. Inevitably, under any system of regulation, market or intervention, there will be a complex pattern of winners and losers. This paper examines the impacts of Europe's sugar policy on southern Africa and finds, somewhat surprisingly, that the region stands to benefit more from a preservation of the status quo than from liberalisation.

A look at the weighted nature of the European Union's policy that is designed to perpetuate the terms of trade in its favour and which serves to disadvantage African countries (SAJIA)

Argues that the success of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) hinges upon the development of effective partnerships with civil society, the private sector/business, regional/international organizations, & multilateral institutions. It is contended that Nepad's success also depends on the quality of the partnership established between Nepad & industrialized countries of the North because underdevelopment & poverty are partly the result of forces African leaders cannot change themselves. The characteristics of good partnerships are examined, along with the relationship between partnership & peer review; the vital importance of Nepad's African Peer Review Mechanism; the role of the G-8 & the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development in both peer review & promoting Nepad's goals; & the relationship between Nepad & other international/multilateral organizations like the European Union, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, & the World Trade Organization. It is concluded that the success of the Mutual Review Process depends on the creation of a shared value system against which to evaluate the performance of both partners. 1 Figure. J. Lindroth