The Doha Development Round: What's at Stake for Africa?
Experts on African trade policy gathered at a February 14 Africa Program event, co-sponsored by the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council, to discuss how agricultural trade can foster economic development and alleviate poverty.
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Experts on African trade policy gathered at a February 14 Africa Program event, co-sponsored by the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council, to discuss how agricultural trade can foster economic development and alleviate poverty. The Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Erastus Mwencha touted the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Aid for Trade program and the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Project (CAADP) in improving infrastructural capacity thereby stimulating a more competitive agricultural sector within COMESA member-states. Following the event, Mwencha and other panelists attended a Congressional Staff Forum on Africa where Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ), chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, raised concerns about the effects of U.S. agricultural policy and suggested a need for trade reform.
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The Africa Program works to address the most critical issues facing Africa and US-Africa relations, build mutually beneficial US-Africa relations, and enhance knowledge and understanding about Africa in the United States. The Program achieves its mission through in-depth research and analyses, public discussion, working groups, and briefings that bring together policymakers, practitioners, and subject matter experts to analyze and offer practical options for tackling key challenges in Africa and in US-Africa relations. Read more
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