AGOA Civil Society Forum

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AGOA Civil Society Forum Local And Regional
Markets Building Blocks for Trade Capacity
June 6, 2006
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• Regional Free Trade Areas
• Moving Towards Policy Liberalization
• Easing of Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers
• Focus on Infrastructure along Growth Corridors
  and in
• Spatial Development Zones (SDZs)
• Economies of Scale
• Agribusiness and Value-Added Processing
• Building a Middle Class
• Attracting Foreign Direct Investment

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Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Libya
Egypt

Eritrea
Sudan
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Uganda
Kenya
Rwanda
DRC
Burundi
Seychelles
COMESA Members
Angola
Comoros
Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Madagascar
Swaziland
Mauritius
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Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)

DRC
Tanzania
Mozambique
SADC Members
Angola
Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Madagascar
Botswana
Swaziland
South Africa
Mauritius
Lesotho
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Economic Community of Central African States
(ECCAS)

Chad
C.A.R.
Cameroon
Sao Tomé Principe
Equatorial Guinea
Rwanda
Gabon
DRC
Burundi
Republic of the Congo
ECCAS Members
Angola
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Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Cape Verde
Mali
Niger
Senegal
The Gambia
Burkina Faso
Guinée Bissau
Guinea
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Cote dIvoire
Ghana
Bénin
Liberia
Togo
ECOWAS Members
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• Regional Market Development
• Look at Regional Value Chains Based on
  Comparative Advantage
• Dont Leave the Smallholders Out!
• Farming as a Business Economies of Scale
  Rewtained Earnings
• Understand Your Markets and Your Competition
• Focus on Relentlessly Building Rural Purchasing
  Power
• Meet International Quality Standards
• Infrastructure Growth Corridors

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Kenya 1.6m MT of NCPB Silo Storage Space 1.3m
MT is Unused.
Kitale
? to Kampala Rwanda, Burundi Eastern DRC
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Linking Ethiopia to East African Grain Market
Kitale
? to Kampala Rwanda, Burundi Eastern DRC
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• New Agricultural Commodity Exchange in Lilongwe
• Run by Ian Goggin of ZIMACE
• NASFAM has a seat
• Critical Mass with 34 NASFAM
  
  Member Companies trading 20 Commodities
• Web-based Electronic Trading Floor
• Links to SAFEX and RATEX
• Driving Cross-Border Trade in Five Countries

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AGOA Civil Society Forum Local And Regional
Markets Building Blocks for Trade Capacity
June 6, 2006