Includes bibliographical references and index.

EPAs between the EU and Africa: beyond free trade? / Gerrit Faber and Jan Orbie -- From Cotonou to EPA light: a troubled negotiating process / Ole Elgström -- The EU's insistence on reciprocal trade with the ACP group: economic interests in the driving seat? / Gerrit Faber and Jan Orbie -- Export competitiveness and regional integration in Africa / Paul Brenton, Mombert Hoppe and Richard Newfarmer -- ACP development, integration and the capacities of transport infrastructure: the missing link / Olumuyiwa B. Alaba -- EPAs and integration in SSA / Olufemi Babarinde and Gerrit Faber -- Services and investment in the EU-CARIFORUM EPA: innovation in rule-design and implications for Africa / Pierre Sauvé and Natasha Ward -- The integration of migration issues in EPAs / Tine Van Criekinge -- To be or not to be: intellectual property provisions in the EPA negotiations / Paul Kruger -- EPAs and the demise of the commodity protocols / Alan Matthews -- Development aid for EPAs / Sanoussi Bilal -- ... and never the twain shall meet? An institutionalist perspective of EU trade and development policies in the context of the EPA negotiations / Jess Pilegaard -- A human rights-based approach to the ACP-EU EPAs: issues and implications / Karin Arts -- Labour rights in EPAs: can the EU-CARIFORUM EPA be a guide / Bart Kerremans and Myriam Martins Gistelinck -- Beyond purely commercial interests: the EU's fisheries policy and sustainable development in Africa / Maurizio Carbone -- The missing link: EPAs, security and development interventions in Africa / Gorm Rye Olsen -- Of potholes and roadblocks: the difficult path to development relevant EPAs / Gerrit Faber and Jan Orbie.

The Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries have drastically restructured Europe's trade architecture towards the third world. This volume examines the consequences of EPAs for development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Starting from the observation that the establishment of free trade as such will substantially impact upon economic development, the different contributions focus on the potential contribution of non-traditional aspects of EPAs. More specifically, the authors analyze the role of Aid for Trade schemes, regulatory integration issues and broader foreign policy considerations. How can these non-market access aspects stimulate development in Africa, and how have they been addressed in the EPAs? In short, this brings us to the question whether the 'light version EPAs' as they currently stand are a missed chance or a blessing in disguise?