Meeting the Challenges of Regional Integration, Intra-African Trade and Economic Growth in Africa
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The Africa Economic Research Consortium (AERC) hosted the third in the series of Workshops between January 31 – February 1, 2007; in Nairobi, Kenya. The partners Africa’s Development Bank (AFDB), Joint Africa Institute (JAI), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), New Economic Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) and the World Bank provided assistance with logistical arrangements . The theme of the Nairobi Workshop, namely: “Meeting the Challenges of Regional Integration, IntraAfrican Trade and Economic Growth in Africa,” the contents of which were agreed upon by the partners, was motivated by the need to:
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