Samuel Oloruntoba (Political Science, University of South Africa)
Oloruntoba places the unfolding governance of trade between the global north and global south in the context of EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements in analytical perspective. Using Nigeria as the case study, the book contains the debates on regionalism under a faltering multilateral trade regime. It also places the current state of development in Nigeria in the context of the potentials that are available to the country if the economy is diversified. The importance of regional integration and regional trading agreements as necessary conditions for facilitating economic development both at the national, regional and continental levels was also analysed. The book also contains the analysis of the history of Euro-Africa relations, dynamics of power relations that underpin the EU-ACP negotiations as well as the potential implications of the agreements on Nigeria’s economy. The author emphasise the imperative of credible institutions, building state capacity, diversification of the economy as well as trading partners as necessary conditions for fostering socio-economic development in Nigeria and Africa in general.
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