scholarly journals Article Towards Developing Domestic Maritime Legislation through Sub-regional Economic Integration: Cameroon’s Experience with the ‘CEMAC’ Merchant Shipping Code

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. Manuscript
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Ndze Buh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Regional Economic Integration ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Merchant Shipping ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Abstract: The regulation of the shipping industry is deeply rooted in treaties or agreements – whether bilateral, multilateral or universal. A multilateral treaty may result in the creation of a formal sub-regional economic integration organization, and there are many such organizations in Africa, of which CEMAC is one. These organizations seek economic integration and development through objectives such as the harmonization of transport sector regulations and tend to develop legal instruments that heavily impact the legislative framework of their member states as a result. The impact of the CEMAC Merchant Shipping Code on Cameroon’s maritime legislation can be seen from what Cameroon has achieved in terms of the modernization of its maritime legislation and the provision of solutions to the challenges inherent in its dual legal system. Furthermore, the CEMAC Shipping Code regime must also be perceived as a component of Cameroon’s overall effort geared towards meeting international maritime legislative implementation and enforcement standards. However, the challenges confronting the country at these various levels are huge and questions arise as to the adequacy of the CEMAC Shipping Code regime in addressing them. This paper thus sets out to make an appraisal of the CEMAC Shipping Code regime in its perceived role as vehicle for developing Cameroon’s maritime legislation and addressing the related challenges inherent in the country’s dual legal system. The methodology adopted is doctrinal in approach and involves a content analysis of primary and secondary data. The paper concludes with a proposed strategic framework for maritime legislative development and some practical suggestions directed at the government of Cameroon, but which should equally be useful to governments elsewhere.  

The effects of ASEAN treaties in domestic legal orders: Evidence from Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-229
Author(s):  
Hao Duy Phan
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Regional Economic Integration ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Treaty Implementation ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This article examines the effects of ASEAN treaties in the Vietnamese legal system. It demonstrates that, in addition to modifying domestic laws, ASEAN treaties, especially those adopted to promote regional economic integration, could also influence the domestic legal order by changing current administrative procedures, introducing new administrative mechanisms, and improving the overall operation of government agencies. This process may not be immediately discernible from an examination of changes in domestic laws; however, once the inquiry is broadened to include details of treaty implementation via administrative procedures, the impact of treaties comes into sharper focus. This impact of treaties on administrative procedures, while relatively easy to overlook, may represent the most important portion of the impact of ASEAN treaties on Vietnam’s legal order. More broadly, it also illuminates a larger point about the indirect, more subtle, and less visible influence that international law may exert on national law and procedures.

scholarly journals DAMPAK MEA TERHADAP INVESTASI, EKSPOR-IMPOR DAN PENGGUNAAN TENAGA KERJA INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Khasanah ◽  
Prihartini Budi Astuti ◽  
Ika Neni Kristanti
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Government ◽  
Asean Economic Community ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sample Pair ◽  
Made In

This research attempts to analyze the effects of the economic integration of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) which was implemented since 2015. The impact analyzed is focused on investments made in Indonesia, both investments made by foreign investors and domestic investors. Another thing that was also highlighted in this study was the flow of exports and imports. This was also investigated because one of the policies contained in the agreement of the ASEAN economic community was the elimination of international trade barriers. In addition to the two things above, researchers also analyzed the influence of the ASEAN economic community on the use oflabor in Indonesia. The data analyzed in this study are secondary data obtained from the relevant agencies. The method used in this study is a different sample pair test. This method is used because the research conducted is comparing the conditions of investment, export-import and use of labor in Indonesia before and after the economic integration of the ASEAN Economic Community. At the end of this study, researchers will provide recommendations to the government regarding what should be done by the government to optimize investment activities, exports and use of local labor in Indonesia.

Competing Paths of Regional Economic Integration in the Post-Soviet Space: Legal and Political Dilemmas for Ukraine

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Van der Loo ◽  
Peter Van Elsuwege
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Free Trade Area ◽  
Regional Economic Integration ◽  
Customs Union ◽  
Trade Integration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Soviet Space

This contribution compares the different paths of regional economic integration in the post-Soviet space and analyzes their implications for Ukraine. First, it examines the legal framework of EU-Ukraine trade relations and the impact of the envisaged establishment of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) in the context of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). Second, the various initiatives of regional trade integration with Russia and other post-Soviet republics are scrutinized in light of Ukraine’s legal commitments towards the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the EU. It is argued that the establishment of a DCFTA with the European Union precludes Ukraine’s full participation in the Eurasian Economic Community and the customs union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

scholarly journals The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Its Implications for Regional Economic Integration in ASEAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayant Menon ◽  
Anna Fink
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Regional Economic Integration ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Jel Codes ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Impact

This article explores the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It argues that technologies of the 4IR can bring huge benefits such as empowerment for small- and medium-sized enterprises and opportunities for countries to leapfrog traditional pathways of development. It will also bring tremendous challenges such as deep disruption to labour markets and the potential of rising inequality. To address the challenges and seize the opportunities of the 4IR, ASEAN will need a new way of formulating policy and regulation that will require: (a) evolution of the ASEAN Secretariat to become a ‘platform organisation’, (b) greater delegation of key activities to affiliated functional bodies, (c) a shift from long-term blueprints to three-year rolling plans, (d) democratise and decentralise and (e) establish multi-country test beds. JEL Codes: F14, F15

Regional Economic Integration and Risks for Agricultural Products

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Bui Duc Tinh ◽  
Pham Xuan Hung
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Domestic Market ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Regional Economic Integration ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Chinese Market ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Production Risk ◽  
The Impact

This article aims to analyze the impact of regional economic integration on agricultural production risk in the case study of banana value chain in Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province, one of the provinces located on East-West economic corridor. The article utilises methods of value chain analysis that is mainly based on descriptive statistical analysis, combining with qualitative and quantitative analysis to describe the structure, mechanism of operation and the creation of values. The research results indicate that the bananas are consumed in both the domestic and abroad market, namely: 80% of Huong Hoa banana is consumed in the Chinese market, and 5% is exported to the Thailand market and the 15% remaining is for the domestic market. Banana farmers are the agents holding the highest financial position on all three indicators of cost, marginal revenue and profit, but the least of benefit in channels in all three markets: China, Thailand and domestic market. The study also points out that the highly dependent degree of Chinese market is one of the main factors creating instability and unsustainability of the banana value chain in Huong Hoa district in the long-term. This article highlights the risks of agricultural products (cases of bananas) under the regional economic integration process.

scholarly journals Regional Economic Integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC): Analysing the Dynamics and Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-346
Author(s):  
Johannes Muntschick
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Global South ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Regional Economic Integration ◽  
Institutional Performance ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
African Development ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

This article analyses the dynamics and performance of regional economic integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It proposes an innovative theoretical approach to the analysis of regionalism that refers to cooperation theory and takes the impact of external actors explicitly into account. The motivation for this research stems from the observation of a new wave of regionalism in the Global South. Many of these new or reformed regional integration organisations (RIOs) comprise of developing countries, particularly in Africa. In contrast to expectations of most mainstream integration theories, new regionalisms in the Southern Hemisphere have come into existence and show considerable degrees of dynamics and institutional performance. However, there is evidence that regionalisms in the Global South are less stable than in the North and not always entirely under control of regional actors only. This puzzling observation, of which the SADC gives an example, has motivated research for this article. Its central aim is to explain the recent integration dynamics and performance of the organisation in its key policy area, namely the economy. By applying a situation-structural approach to analyse and explain the development of institutionalised regional integration, the author argues that patterns of strong and asymmetric interdependence between regional and extra-regional actors may have an ambivalent impact on the genuine structure of regional cooperation problems, institution-building and institutional performance. The article illustrates and explains this on the example of SADC’s key economic integration projects: the SADC Free Trade Area and the scheduled SADC Customs Union.

scholarly journals Design and analysis of e-commerce and modern logistics for regional economic integration in wireless networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Tang ◽  
Gangyi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Regional Economic Integration ◽  
Modern Logistics ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The rapid development of e-commerce has greatly promoted the development of modern logistics. The application level of e-commerce and the application status of modern logistics largely determine the development of a regional economic structure. Under such circumstances, it is particularly important to comprehensively strengthen the research on the impact of e-commerce and modern logistics on the network regional economy. China is as one of the most active regions over the world. Therefore, in this paper, we take the network regional economic as the research object. Firstly, we obtain relevant regional logistics nodes and e-commerce information through wireless networks. Secondly, based on information acquisition, we propose an empirical analysis of the development status of the logistics industry and e-commerce, and we also explain their contributions to regional economic growth. Finally, this paper proposes countermeasures to further increase the contribution of logistics and e-commerce to economic growth. This will provide a reference for building a regionally coordinated logistics-e-commerce system and realizing regional economic integration.

Openness of the Russian economy as a source of economic growth

2016 ◽  
pp. 26-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kadochnikov ◽  
A. Knobel ◽  
S. Sinelnikov-Murylev
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Regional Economic Integration ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Russian Economy

The paper considers measures on Russia’s integration into the global economy, aimed at the economic growth resumption. It analyzes conditions and mechanisms due to which the expanding trade and mutual investment with other countries contribute to economic growth in Russia. The paper provides policy recommendations for export support, regional economic integration agenda and the institutions reform.

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