Los Acuerdos de Asociación Económica de la UE como instrumento de desarrollo: análisis de caso de África Austral

• Autores: Eduardo Bidaurratzaga Aurre , Artur Colom Jaén, Elena Martínez Tola
• Localización: Revista de economía mundial, ISSN 1576-0162, Nº 38, 2014, págs. 273-298
• Idioma: inglés
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    Este artículo quiere mostrar los cambios producidos y las consecuencias potenciales en las relaciones económicas entre la UE y África Austral como consecuencia de los Acuerdos de Asociación Económica (AAE). Los principales argumentos para la transformación del modelo anterior, y el nuevo discurso y práctica de la UE, chocan con los enfoques y propuestas de diversos gobiernos de África Austral, así como de muchos académicos de dentro y fuera de la región. De este modo, parece pertinente preguntarse hasta qué punto los AAE pueden realmente ser un instrumento de desarrollo en África Austral, y coherentes con la retórica de la UE en torno al partenariado y la promoción del desarrollo en la región y en el conjunto del continente africano.

  • English

    This article aims to show the changes and potential consequences in the economic relations between the EU and Southern Africa, that the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) scheme is promoting. The main arguments for changing the previous model, and for the deployment of a new discourse and practice by the EU, clash with the approaches and proposals of some governments in Southern Africa, and also with the views of many scholars. Therefore, it is pertinent to ask to what extent can EPAs be really developmental in Southern Africa and coherent with the rhetoric of partnership and promotion of development by the EU in this region and the whole continent.

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