Liberalizing financial services trade in Africa: Going regional and multilateral

Marion Jansen and Yannick Vennes

No ERSD-2006-03, WTO Staff Working Papers from World Trade Organization (WTO), Economic Research and Statistics Division

Abstract: This paper analyses the possible gains from regional and multilateral liberalization of financial services trade for African countries taking into account the implications of such liberalization for financial regulation and capital account liberalization. It also describes existing efforts to integrate financial markets within four African regions (WAEMU, CEMAC, SADC and COMESA) and discusses the existing GATS commitments of the relevant countries with respect to financial services. Although the regions differ significantly, there is scope for further regional integration in all of them. Significant scope also exists for further multilateral liberalization of financial services, in particular with respect to Mode3.

Keywords: regional integration; WTO; financial services trade; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F15 G21 G38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.30875/1dc7c533-en

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