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ARCHITECTURE AND CAPACITY:
Together with Latin America,
Africa has the highest number of regional groupings in the developing world, with often
overlapping membership and objectives that vary from limited cooperation in specific areas
to full fledged economic integration.
Some of the regional grouping in
Africa date back to the colonial era. However, most of the integration schemes were
adopted after independence during the late 1960s and 1970s. In many instances, the
groupings comprised countries which had shared colonial ties to the same foreign power
because the colonial ties had created a host of common institutions, a common official
language, and a common currency. In other instances, the regional groupings, notably the
larger ones, were more in line with the geographic proximity of the member countries.
Despite the proliferation of
regional groupings in Africa, it appears from the growth of intra-regional trade shares
that in most instances they have achieved little by the way of promoting regional trade
integration. Data indicate that on average no regional grouping in Africa has been
successful at elevating intra-regional trade beyond a negligible portion of Africa’s
total trade, although trade with partners may be important for individual countries. The
data also show that until the beginning of the 1990s the internal trade shares of almost
every African grouping either remained constant or actually decreased to below their level
prior to the formation of the groups. During the 1990’s, there ahs been a slight
increase in the level, and a much bigger increase in the intensity, of intra-African
trade. This result, however, is almost entirely attributable to the huge decline in the
share of Africa in total world trade in the past thirty years, a trend which continued
unabated during the 1990s.
The institutional index below
provides description of the most important regional groupings in Africa. To view, click on
the appropriate grouping. You can also make a search on Development Institutions Database.
Institutional Index:
A | B
| C | D | E | F| G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
A
Africa
Business Network
African
Accounting Council (AAC)
African
Airlines Association (AFRAA) / Association des compagnies aériennes africaines
African
Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM)
African
Centre for Applied Research and Training in Social Development (ACARTSOD) / Centre
Africain de recherché appliquée et de formation en nature de développement social
(CAFRADES)
African
Centre for Monetary Studies
African
Centre for Technology Studies
African
Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC)/ Commission Africaine de l'aviation civile
(CAFAC)
African
Development Bank
African
Development Fund (ADF) / Fonds africain de développement (FAD)
African
Groundnut Council
African
Institute for Economic Development and Planning (AIDEP)
African
Institute for Higher Technical Training and Research (AIHTTR)/Institut Africain de
Formation Technique Supérieure et de Recherches
African
Institute for Policy Analysis and Economic Integration
African
Insurance Organization
African
Organization of Cartography and Remote Sensing
African
Regional Centre for Information Science (ARCIS) / Centre régional africain pour la science de l'information
African
Regional Industrial Property Organisation (ARIPO)/Organisation Régionale Africaine de
la Propriété Industrielle
African
Regional Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO)/Organisation Régionale Africaine de
Normalisation (ORAN)
African
Telecommunications Union/ATU
African
Timber Organization
African
Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development/CAFRAD
Afro-Asian
Rural Reconstruction Organization
Arab
Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development
Arab
Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
Association
for the Advancement of Agricultural Science in Africa (AAASA)
Association
of African Central Banks (AACB)
Association
of African Trade Promotion Organizations
Association
of African Universities (AAU)
B
La
Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO)
[The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)]
La
Banque Ouest-Africaine de Développement (BOAD)
[West African Development Bank]
Bilateral
trade agreements in Southern Africa
La
Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM)
C
Common
Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Communauté
Economique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO)
[Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS)]
Communauté
Economique et Monétaire de l’Afrique Centrale (CEMAC)
[Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa]
Communauté
Financiere Africaine (CFA) Zones Franc
Conférence
Interafricaine des Marchés d’Assurances (CIMA)
Conférence
Interafricaine de la Prévoyance Sociale (CIPRES)
Cross
Border Initiative (CBI)
D
Desert
Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCOEA)
E
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its Sub-Regional
Development Centers (SRDCs)
Economic
Community of Central African States (ECCAS)/ Communauté Economique des Etats
d’Afrique Centrale (CEEAC)
F
Le Fonds Africain de Garantie et de Coopération Économique
(FAGACE)
[African Guarantee and Economic Cooperation Fund]
/ Forum of African
Voluntary Development Organization (FAVDO)
G
Gambia
River Basin Development Organization(OMVG)
I
Indian
Ocean Commission
L
Lake
Chad Basin Commission (LCBC)
M
Mano
River Union (MRU)
N
O
Observatoire
Economique et Statistique pour l'Afrique Subsaharienne (AFRISTAT)
Organization
for the Development of Senegal River (OMVS)
Organization
of African Unity (OAU)
Organisation
pour l'Harmonisation du Droit des Affaires en Afrique (OHADA)
[Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in
Africa]
P
Pan-African
Institute for Development (PAID)
R
Réseau
Africain pour le Développement Intégré (RADI)
S
Southern
African Development Community (SADC)
Southern
African Customs Union (SACU)
Southern
Africa’s Not-for-profit Internet and Information Service Provider (SANGONeT)
U
Union
Economique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine (UEMOA)
[West African Economic and Monetary Union]
L'
Union du Maghreb Arabe (Maghreb Union)
W
The
West African Monetary Union (WAMU)
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