NEWSLETTER No.6

September 2007

CONTENTS

COMMENTARY

 

THE NEW COMMODITIES BOOM

 

SOFT COMMODITIES - THE NEXT "BIG THING"

 

GLOBAL FOOD STOCKS

 

THE IMPACT OF BIOFUELS

 

THE EFFECT OF FOOD AID

 

THE AID FOOD CHAIN

 

KOFI ANNAN'S AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION

 

THE PROSPECTS FOR AFRICAN FARMERS

   

THE DOHA TRADE ROUND - LATEST POSITION

 

APEC MEETING

 

FINAL DECLARATION

 

GENEVA DISCUSSSIONS

   

EU ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS

 

BACKGROUND

 

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

 

WTO COMPATIBILITY

 

KEY PRINCIPALS OF WTO COMPATIBILTY

 

CURRENT POSITION FOR ESA

 

KENYA'S DILEMMA

 

CONCLUSION

   

KENYA:

POLITICS

THE ECONOMY

CONCLUSION


UGANDA:

THE WILD WEST

THE INFLUENCE OF OIL

LATE NEWS

THE NORTH

POLITICAL SITUATION

THE ECONOMY

ARE YOU READY FOR CHOGM?

HUMAN RIGHTS

CORRUPTION

OUTLOOK

 

TANZANIA:

 

POLITICS

 

THE EAC

 

GLOBAL TRADE CONFERENCE

 

ECONOMIC SITUATION

   

REGIONAL ROUND-UP:

 

ETHIOPIA

 

RWANDA

 

BURUNDI

   

NEW MEMEBERS 2007

   

FUTURE MEMBERS' MEETINGS

 

OFFICES OF THE EASTERN AFRICA ASSOCIATION

 

CONFIDENTIALITY