The Merits and Demerits of the EU Policies Towards Associated Developing Countries

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This publication presents the results of a profound research conducted from 1993 to 1997. Using the Southern African Development Community (SADC) economies to proxy for the Southern African members of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) group of States which are associated with the EU through the Lomé Convention (LC), the study comprehensively explicates the EU-ACP co-operation in a scientific but uncomplicated manner making the book suitable for experts and engaged normal readers alike. It presents carefully argued cases, trying as much as possible to augment the qualitative arguments with empirical evidence, and makes an invaluable contribution to the debate on the future of the LC. To discern the rationale and impact of EU-SADC relations within the framework of the LC, besides making a bearing on the historical aspects of these relations, the study also infers to the propelling forces of international trade and international economic linkages generally, as well as the posited associations between export perfomance and economic growth. In addition, it compares and contrasts the merits of the LC with factors that undermine the operational efficiency of the arrangement. Finally, it proposes a range of plausible measures that should be implemented in order to enhance the efficiency of co-opertion between the EU and the SADC within the framework of a revamped EU-ACP co-operation arrangement.

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Francis Matambalya

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