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Title: 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

3
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
4
Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)

DRC
Tanzania
Mozambique
SADC Members
Angola
Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Madagascar
Botswana
Swaziland
South Africa
Mauritius
Lesotho
5
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

8
Kenya 1.6m MT of NCPB Silo Storage Space 1.3m
MT is Unused.
Kitale
? to Kampala Rwanda, Burundi Eastern DRC
9
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
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