Objectives

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Discuss the recent main developments in the world economy and how they affect the African continent;
• Identify the main economic and social developments in Africa;
• Describe how trade can serve as an instrument of accelerated industrialization and structural transformation in Africa;
• Identify the challenges and opportunities for Africa to industrialize through trade in the context of rapidly changing regional and global economic environments;
• Better understand the effects of key trade agreements on Africa’s industrialization;
• Discuss the importance to properly sequence trade agreements in order to best support Africa’s industrialization efforts; and ...
• Discuss how African countries could address their major development challenges through mobilizing resources for structural transformation.

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