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Regional and Market Integration
Presenter: H.E. Dr. Maxwell MkwezalambaPosition: Commissioner for Economic AffairsOrganisation: African Union Commission(AUC)
Fax: +251 11 551 02 49Email: [email protected]@yahoo.com
16th African Partnership ForumOECD HeadquartersParis, France: 21 Apri l 2011
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OUTLINEI. Introduction: The African integration Agenda
II. Overview on the Status of Regional and Continental Integrationin Africa
III. Prospects for Advancing Integration in the Continent
IV. Constraints to Regional and Market Integration in Africa
V. How Development Partners can Support Integration in Africa
VI. Conclusion
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I. INTRODUCTION
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Definition: Economic integration can be defined as a process involving theelimination of economic frontiers between two or more economies in theexchange of goods and services (Balassa, 1961; AUC, 2010).
Deeper integration: Market integration
Cornerstones of market integration: the ‘Four freedoms’ Free Movement of Persons
Free Movement of Goods Free Movement of Services Free Movement of Capital
Economic and social benefits of integration for Afr ica: boost intra-Africantrade, promote sustainable growth and prosperity, address supply sideconstraints, diversification of the productive base, widen the economic space,provide economies of scale for production, improve competitiveness andeconomic efficiency, foster technology and knowledge transfer as well astechnological progress, boost investment, pool resources to address public
goods, promote regulatory and legislative reforms and increase the Continent’sbargaining power at the international level.
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I. INTRODUCTION
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History of Africa’s Integration Endevours Integration - a key component of Africa’s development and transformation strategy
to counter the negative effects of its small, balkanized and globally marginalized
economies: April 1980: Lagos Plan of Action and the Final Act of Lagos; June 1991: Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC)
commonly known as the “Abuja Treaty”;
September 1999: Sirte Declaration; July 2000: Constitutive Act of the African Union; and July 2001: New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD); 2007: the Accra Declaration of on the creation of a Union; and 2004-2007 and 2009-2012: African Union Commission (AUC) Strategic Plans.’
Current global context of Africa’s integration: Rapidly changing economic landscape;
Globalisation;
Formation of numerous regional blocs around the world; and The global financial and economic crises.
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Stages ofthe AbujaTreaty
Stage one:1994-1999
Stage two:2000- 2007 Stage three: 2008-2017
Stage four :2018-2019
Stage five:2020-2023
Stage six: 2024-2028latest 2034
RECs Strengtheningexisting RECsand creationof new RECswhere they donot exist
Coordinationandharmonizationof activities
Gradualeliminationof tariff andnon tariffbarriers
Free Trade Area
CustomsUnion
ContinentalCustoms Union
Establishmentof an AfricanCommonMarket
Monetary andEconomic Union
IGAD study inprogress
in progress Not yet This stage willbe achievedwhen all RECshave achieveda CustomsUnion andharmonized
their respectiveCET, with aview of creatingone singleContinentalCET.
This stage willbe achievedwhen all RECshave achievedthe ContinentalCustomsUnion as well
as freemovement oflabour andcapital.
This stage will beachieved whenall RECs haveachieved AfricanCommon Marketat which timethere will be a
commoncurrency, issuedby the AfricanCentral Bank.
SADC 2011-
CENSAD inprogress
Not yet
ECOWAS 2011
COMESA
ECCAS 2011
EAC
Progress vis-à-vis the Abuja Treaty (Article 6: six stages of integration)
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Progress vis-à-vis the Abuja Treaty
Realization of the African
Economic Community (AEC)
Regional Free Trade Areas
Regional Customs Union
Continental CustomsUnion
Continental CommonMarket
Economic and Monetary
Union
Strengthening existingRECs
Coordination and
harmonization ofactivities
1994 2010
Abuja Treaty Stages
1999 2007 2017 2019 2023 2028-2034
COMESA
EAC
ECOWAS;ECCAS;SADC
IGAD
CEN-SAD
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Strengtheningexisting RECs
Coordinationandharmonizationof activities
Regional Free Trade Areas and RegionalCustoms Union
ContinentalCustomsUnion
ContinentalCommonMarket
Economic andMonetary Union
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Key integration sectors: ProgressTrade
Low Intra-African trade :10-12%, small compared to other regions inthe world
Africa trades little amongst itself
European Union (EU) and the USA: accounting for over 60% of Africa’s
export market and an important source of its imports China and India : growing as important export destinations
Structure of African economies Global Share of African exports: 2.5 %, a net decline from 10% in the1950s
Global share of FDI inflows: only 2-3%
Share of world GDP: 1%
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Key integration sectors: ProgressInfrastructure - a precondition for facilitating trade and the movement
of goods and persons and therefore a tool for boosting national andregional trade
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Key integration sectors: ProgressInfrastructure - key trade faciliation mechanism
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Mixed results on the Continent - Manyrailways and roads often lead to marineports rather than link countries
Insufficiency and low qualityinfrastructure on the one hand, and
expensive services on the other Road network
Poor coverage (2.3 million km = 20%paved. 7.6 km per 100 sq is the required
level for socio economic development), Lack of paved roads,
Poor maintenance
Numerous roadblocks and check points(impeding the movement of people
and goods)
Regional Distribution of Road Networks
Region
Length (km) % Change Density 2006(km/100 sq
km)2000 2006 2000-2006
Central 115667 186475 61.2 3.5
Eastern 445018 476558 7.1 6.5
Northern 292790 347451 18.7 3
Southern 801751 853676 6.5 13.5
Western 409377 434910 6.2 8
Total 2064603 2299070 11.4 7.6
Share of Afr ica’s Paved Road Network by Sub-Region
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Key integration sectors: ProgressInfrastructure - key trade faciliation mechanism
Railway network Low coverage compared to other regions of the world - 89,000 km network for
an area of about 29.6 million sq. km, representing a density of 2.5 km per 1,000sq. km. Europe, has 40km per 1,000 sq. km.
14 mainland countries in Africa – do not have railway lines or
sections of international lines
Old and technically outdated railway network
Low share of rail freight in intra-African trade.
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Key integration sectors: ProgressInfrastructure - key trade faciliation mechanism
Air transport Modest global share of air transport
Reliant on only three major hubs (Johannesburg, Nairobi and
Addis Ababa),
Only three major airlines (South African Airways, Kenya Airways andEthiopian Airlines)
Opportunities for: employment creation;
improve the competitiveness of goods,
especially high-value, time sensitive cargo(e.g. horticulture); and opening up of
Landlocked/landlinked countries.
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Key integration sectors: ProgressInfrastructure - key trade faciliation mechanism
Marine ports Insufficiently utilized
Most poorly developed, small and very few incapable of handling large ships,
Capacity constraints and poor performance (in terms of port dwell time ofvehicles)
Lower than required level of container traffic
Poor exploitation of rivers and lakes as an alternative transport mode
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Key integration sectors: ProgressInfrastructure - key trade faciliation mechanism
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Africa has made some significant advances in the ICT sector:
Rapid growth in mobile cellular technology and internet
access
However: Africa still lags behind the rest of the world - particular ininvestment-intensive infrastructure, such as main or fixed telephonelines and fixed broadband.
The Continent has some of the highest costs for internet service inthe world - Average subscription prices can be as high 70 per
cent of per capita income. Urban rural divide in internet access
Unreliable power, low bandwidth
and limited exchange points
undermine internet usage
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Key integration sectors: ProgressInfrastructure - key trade faciliation mechanism
Energy sector Africa has a rich pool of exploitable energy resources to meet
its needs (hydropower, coal, gas, oil, and uranium, both new
and renewable resources)
Yet a number of these resources are unexploited High cost of petroleum and gas importation from
non-Africa markets as intra-African trade in oil and
gas is limited
Underdeveloped electric power sector meanslow-generation capacity, low connection rates, high
tariff rates and poor reliability
20% of Africans have access to electricity
Urban rural divide in electricity access
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Key integration sectors: ProgressInfrastructure bottlenecks – USD 93 bil lion needed to plus
the gap
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World Bank Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic StudySummary of Main Findings
More than half of Africa’s recent improved growth performance has been to due to infrastructuredevelopments and it has the potential to contribute even more in the future;
Africa’s infrastructure networks are characterized by the absence of essential regional links andstagnant household access. As a result, the Continent’s infrastructure lags increasingly behindother developing countries;
Africa’s infrastructure services are twice as expensive as elsewhere, reflecting both diseconomiesof scale in production and high profit margins caused by lack of competition;
Power is by far Africa’s largest infrastructure challenge, with 30 countries facing regular power shortages;
The cost of addressing Africa’s infrastructure needs is around $93 billion a year, about one-thirdof which is for maintenance—more than twice the Commission for Africa’s (2005) estimate; The infrastructure challenge varies greatly by country type—fragile states face an impossible
burden and resource-rich countries lag despite their wealth; A large share of Africa’s infrastructure is domestically financed, with the central government
budget being the main driver of infrastructure investment; Even if major potential efficiency gains are captured, Africa would still face an infrastructure
funding gap of $31 billion a year, mainly in power; and Africa’s institutional, regulatory, and administrative reforms are only halfway along, but they are
already proving their effect on operational efficiency.
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Key integration sectors: Progress How is Africa addressing its infrastructure deficit?
Infrastructure development mainstreamed in the treaties of the RECs, and at aContinental level (Lagos Plan of Action (1980), the Abuja Treaty (1991) and the NEPADframework document (2001)
June 2009 and January 2010 AU Summits dedicated to the theme of infrastructuredevelopment.
A number of initiatives developed aimed at addressing project preparation difficulties,financing for project implementation and physical and financial needs:
NEPAD Short-Term Action Plan (STAP)
Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA)
NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation facility (IPPF),
African Action Plan (AAP) Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa
(PIDA),
Institutional Architecture for Infrastructure Development
in Africa (IADA) NEPAD Infrastructure Champion Initiative, chaired by the Republic of South Africa
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Key integration sectors: ProgressFree movement - cornerstone of market integration, with some efforts
by the RECs to promote free movement in their regions. Free movement of persons
A number of RECs have Protocols on free movement and right of establishment
Agreements on visa relaxation and regional passports e.g. ECOWAS and EAC
Regional motor vehicle insurance schemes (yellow and brown card schemes, e.g. COMESA
and ECOWAS, respectively)
Free movement of capital
Harmonization of business and financial laws by some Communities e.g. COMESA, EAC,ECOWAS and SADC
A number of successful home-grown telecommunications and banking institutions in Africa
(with a Continental and global reach) facilitating international transactions and intra-Africantrade e.g. MTNs, Zain, Standard Bank, Ecobank, UBA
Free movement of goods
Harmonization and simplification of customs procedures, documentation and nomenclaturee.g. COMESA, EAC, ECOWAS and SADC
Installation of one stop border posts (OSBP) at key border crossings e.g. EAC, SADC,COMESA
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Key integration sectors: ProgressFree movement - cornerstone of market integration, with some efforts
by the RECs to promote free movement in their regions. Free movement of services
Undertaking measures to facilitate trade in services, including the harmonizationof business laws
Successful market integration in financial services requires the coordination ofessential prudential rules, mutual recognition of a single license as well as homecountry control
However, free movement is hampered by: Poor implementation of legal instruments on free movement
Corruption and harassment at border points
Security concerns between Members States within the same REC
Persistent tariff barriers and NTB barriers
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Key integration sectors: Progress Macro-economic convergence
A perquisite for the creation of the African Economic Community (AEC)
Ancillary components of regional and market integrationand the evolvement of a monetary union
Macroeconomic stability and convergence involves someof the following stabilization measures and convergence
criteria: Adjusting exchange rates of Member countries to an equilibrium level Eventual liberalization of current and capital accounts transactions Adoption of harmonized exchange rate systems Harmonized ceiling on central bank lending to government to ensure Fiscal policy harmonization Stabilization of inflation and interest rates and levels of employment
RECs – some have in place monetary convergenceframeworks/programmes e.g. ECOWAS, COMESA and EAC
Association of Central Bank Governors (AACB) - established an African Monetary Cooperation Programme (AMCP) under the rubric of Article 44 of the 1991 Abuja Treaty in efforts to establish an African CentralBank (ACB).
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Prospects are posit ive and at regional and continental levels efforts include,amongst others, the following: Adoption of the Minimum Integration Programme (MIP) and elaboration and costing of
the MIP Action Plan;
Progress towards establishing the three (3) African financial institutions, which are keyto the establishment of the AEC, they include the African Investment Bank (AIB), the African Monetary Fund (AMF) and the African Central Bank (ACB);
Elaboration and adoption of the African Charter on Statistics to allow for evidencebased tracking on integration and development in Africa;
Adoption of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), thePresidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative; The Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP); Investigating alternative sources of financing the AU and its integration activities (away
from a dependence on Member State and development partner contributions; Finalization of a feasibility study on the establishment of a Pan-African Stock
Exchange; Working on the establishment of a Continental Integration Fund (CIF); The Tripartite Arrangement between EAC-COMESA and SADC on the creation of a
single FTA and single market between the three groupings; Rationalization of the RECs in the Central African region; and
Discussion between ECOWAS and ECCAS on the harmonization of their programmes
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Despite measures being applied to deepen Africa’s integration, theprocess continues to face numerous constraints. These include: Economic - persistence of tariff and non-tariff barriers, lack of adequate physical
infrastructure connecting the Continent and its internal markets, small and often un-diversified markets, and an undeveloped and under-invested agricultural sector.
Financial - scarce resources available to finance Africa’s integration agenda; AU andRECs dependent on the same Member States and development partners forresources, which can be fraught with difficulty
Institutional - differing progress amongst the RECs in attaining the integration stages
set out in the Abuja Treaty; overlapping membership of RECs leading to institutionalcacophony; absence in some cases of national coordination mechanisms; non-application of some protocols; inability to include integration objectives, plans andprogrammes into national development plans; weak institutional architecture; andsometimes lack of cohesion in the face of development partners; as well as a lack oflegislative powers to ensure decisions are binding and enforce their implementation
Partnerships - the existence of partnerships which could threaten to undermine Africa’s integration endeavors (e.g. the Economic Partnership Agreements [EPA] of theEuropean Union)
Statistics - statistical data collection in the Continent, with often poor, unreliable andunharmonized data produced at the level of Member States, which make difficultefforts to adequately track progress on integration and development.
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The success of Africa’s integration will be determined by the redoubling ofefforts by all integration players
This redoubling must be within the spirit of cooperation, mutual learning,
exchange and commitment Due-dil igence must be accorded to:
Development of physical and institutional infrastructure
Peace and security
Prudent economic and financial reforms to improve the business environmentand improve the competitiveness of the Continent
Deepening of intra-African trade
Improving domestic resource mobilization, undertaking alternative and creativesources of financing
Comprehensively addressing the issue of rationalization and overlappingmembership of the RECs.
Efforts must be complemented by reciprocal market opening by partnercountries and a reduction of hidden protectionist measures
There must also be a corresponding injection of political will and momentumto agree on a specific t imetable for reaching an early, ambitious and balancedconclusion to the WTO Doha Development Round.
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