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International Journal of Political Science and Development Vol. 4(5), pp. 174–180, May, 2016. DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2016.039 ISSN: 2360-784X
Research Paper
The ACP Group of States: ACP: Unseen Global Economic Global Capacity
G.M Gillis-West
Department of Political and Administrative Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. E-mail: gmgilliswest@yahoo.com
Accepted 25 May 2016
The study
examined the economic relationship between the European Union (EU) and
the Africa Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group with a view to ascertaining
the extent to which this relationship has facilitated development in the
ACP countries. It reviewed the instrumentality of various trade
protocols between the two groups to see how the development challenges
of countries of the ACP group have been addressed. The theoretical
framework applied in the research is functionalism, which explains the
mode of cooperation existing between both groups, focusing on needs of
individual countries that forge connections and foster cooperation in a
bid to reducing global conflict and poverty. Analyzing descriptively
from secondary data sourced to evaluate the value of the trade
cooperation between the EU and ACP group, considering the fact that it
is the largest conglomeration of countries aside the United Nations and
still expanding with a move towards the Maghreb region. The ACP group
has benefitted from the trade relation, however asymmetric the
exchanges. The EU, through its various economic development
instrumentalities has improved most economies of the countries in the
ACP group. Therefore, the study recommended that the ACP robustly
negotiate and re-negotiate the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
and with strong political will explore deeply its resources and focus
more on intra-regional cooperation and economic integration. Cite This Article As: Gillis-West GM (2016). The ACP Group of States: An Unseen global Economic Capacity. Inter. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 4(5): 174-180
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