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Symposium On Sustainable Development Goals, Trade, Investment, And Inequality, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe Nov 2019

Symposium On Sustainable Development Goals, Trade, Investment, And Inequality, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe

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This Symposium, co-hosted by Afronomicslaw and the Dalhousie Law Journal Blog is an outcome of one of the streams at the 2019 Annual Purdy Crawford Workshop at the Schulich School of Law. The theme of the Workshop which took place from Sept. 26–28 was “The Role of Business Regulation in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals.” Co-organized by three Schulich School of Law Professors, the Workshop featured three inter-disciplinary and simultaneous streams as well as cross-over plenaries that focused on: “SDGs and Revenue Mobilization” – convened by Kim Brooks, the Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law; “SDGs, Trade, Investment, …


Fourth African International Economic Law Network Biennial Conference Symposium, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe, Regis Y. Simo, Luwam Dirar, Ohio Omiunu Oct 2019

Fourth African International Economic Law Network Biennial Conference Symposium, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe, Regis Y. Simo, Luwam Dirar, Ohio Omiunu

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In July 2019, the African International Economic Law Network (AfIELN), held its Fourth Biennial Conference under the theme “Africa and International Economic Law in the 21st Century” at the Strathmore University Law School (Nairobi, Kenya). This symposium contains some of the papers presented at this conference in their abridged forms. Before introducing the authors’ views on this Conference’s broader theme, we provide the important context under which the Conference took place.

The AfIELN Fourth Biennial Conference came at a time when the African Union Members had just launched the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), whose …


Socio-Economic Development In Africa: Tax Reform As A Tool For Fostering The Objectives Of The Afcfta, Oladiwura Ayeyemi Eyitayo-Oyesode Mar 2019

Socio-Economic Development In Africa: Tax Reform As A Tool For Fostering The Objectives Of The Afcfta, Oladiwura Ayeyemi Eyitayo-Oyesode

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The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement is aimed at transforming the economic landscape of the African continent. The agreement contains lofty objectives set up to enhance trade integration and promote the free flow of capital and investments. The agreement follows the EU model on market integration and signatories have committed to take measures to reduce the cost of doing business and create a conducive environment for private sector development in Africa. The agreement is not just aimed at eliminating barriers to trade, but is also focused on ensuring sustainable, inclusive social and economic development and structural transformation of the …