A UNCTAD acaba de publicar o estudo “Economic Development in Africa Report’2013 - Intra-African Trade: Unlocking Private Sector Dinamism”, dedicado ao tema das relações comerciais intra-africanas, fazendo uma reflexão sobre como a forma como é que o sector
privado africano pode contribuir para o crescimento e reforço deste tipo de
relações comerciais.
De
acordo com este trabalho, “Intra-African trade presents opportunities for
sustained growth and development in Africa. It has the potential to reduce
vulnerability to global shocks, contribute to economic diversification, enhance
export competitiveness and create employment. (…) The report argues that for
African countries to reap expected gains from intra-African trade and regional
integration, they will need to place the building of productive capacities and
domestic entrepreneurship at the heart of the policy agenda for boosting
intra-African trade. In this context, the report recommends that African
Governments should promote intra-African trade in the context of developmental
regionalism. In particular, it stresses the need for a shift from a linear and
process based approach to integration, which focuses on elimination of trade
barriers, to a more development-based approach to integration, which pays as
much attention to the building of productive capacities and private sector
development as to the elimination of trade
barriers.”
