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About the publication While the harmonisation of the rules on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments has been given priority in other regional economic communities, in particular the European Union, any similar effort to harmonise the rules on recognition and enforcement of member states has been conspicuously absent in the SACU, and in fact the most of the African continent – a situation which needs to receive immediate attention. This book considers the approaches followed by a number of international and regional organisations, including the EU, the USA, Australia and New Zealand and Latin American States, with a view to identifying the most suitable approach to be adopted for the SACU. Table of Contents Foreword Introduction and background 1 Introduction 2 Key concepts 2.1 Regional economic integration 2.2 The Southern African Customs Union 2.3 Private international law 2.4 Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments 2.5 Harmonisation 3 Origin and background of study 3.1 The lack of global recognition and enforcement regime 3.2 The lack of a regional recognition and enforcement regime 3.3 International developments in the field 3.4 Regional integration on the African continent 4 Rationale for the study 4.1 Trade facilitation 4.2 Facilitation of regional economic integration 5 Framework of analysis 5.1 Territorial sovereignty, obligation theory, comity and reciprocity 5.2 States’ interest in recognising and enforcing foreign judgments 6 Research questions 7 Scope and exclusions from scope 8 Chapter outline Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments – overview of international and regional harmonisation efforts 1 Introduction 1.1 Bilateral treaties as means of harmonising enforcement rules 1.2 Multilateral conventions as means of harmonising recognition and enforcement rules 2 Harmonisation of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments at the international level 2.1 The Hague Conference on Private International Law 2.2 Some other intergovernmental and private organisations 2.3 Evaluation of international harmonisation efforts 3 Harmonisation of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments at the regional level 3.1 European community Brussels/Lugano Regime 3.2 United States full faith and credit approach 3.3 The Trans-Tasman judicial area 3.4 Latin American states 4 Feasibility of the different approaches for the SACU 4.1 Brussels/Lugano regime 4.2 United States of America full faith and credit approach 4.3 Trans-Tasman Judicial System 4.4 Latin America 5 Proposed approach for the SACU 6 Some factors likely to influence harmonisation in SACU 7 Concluding remarks Comparison of multilateral conventions on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments 1 Introduction and overview of types of multilateral recognition and enforcement conventions 1.1 Single convention 1.2 Double convention 1.3 Analysis 1.4 Variations on traditional convention types 2 The Hague Convention on Recognition and Enforcement 2.1 Material scope of application of Convention 2.2 Procedural requirements for enforcement 2.3 Grounds for non-recognition 3 The Hague Choice of Court Convention 3.1 Material scope of application of Convention 3.2 Procedural requirements for recognition and enforcement 3.3 Grounds for non-recognition 4 The EU Brussels Convention/Regulation 4.1 Material scope of application of Convention/ Regulation 4.2 Procedural requirements for recognition and enforcement 4.3 Grounds for non-recognition 5 The Montevideo Convention 5.1 Material scope of application of Convention 5.2 Procedural requirements 5.3 Grounds for non-recognition 6 Overview of the Conventions discussed 6.1 Hague Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 6.2 Hague Choice of Court Convention 6.3 EU Brussels Regulation/Convention 6.4 Montevideo Convention 7 Concluding remarks Comparison of Existing Laws on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the SACU and Proposals for Draft Convention 1 Introduction 2 Recognition and enforcement under the common law tradition 2.1 Administration of Justice Act, 1920 2.2 Foreign Judgment (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act, 1933 3 Overview of relevant statutes 3.1 Swaziland 3.2 Lesotho 3.3 Botswana 3.4 South Africa 3.5 Namibia 4 Comparative analysis 4.1 Scope of application 4.2 Requirements for enforcement 4.3 Procedural requirements 4.4 Setting aside of registered judgments 4.5 International competence 4.6 Other matters the Convention may include 5 Proposed text for a convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments 6 Conclusion The recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments – conclusions 1 Introduction – The need for a harmonised recognition and enforcement regime 2 International and regional harmonisation efforts 3 Overview of some of the major multilateral recognition and enforcement instruments 4 Statutory instruments currently in force in the SACU 5 Final comments Bibliography

Tariff --- Judgments, Foreign --- Law and legislation --- Southern African Customs Union. --- Africa, Southern. --- private international law economic integration Harmonisation Regional integration

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The image of the corridor, a central pathway of road and rail carving its way through Africa's interior, has guided the coordination of transport and trade developments on the continent in recent decades. Existing analysis of the "Corridor"--A label with a great capacity to change shape, guiding funding and infrastructural priorities at different times and in different settings - tends to be presentist, technical, and conveyed in the language of transport economics. The chapters collected here showcase a more varied approach, offering perspectives from academics and policy-makers coming from a range of disciplinary backgrounds. They capture the varied forms of the corridor concept (developmental, transport, and trade corridors), the multiplicity of actors (including China and the European Union), as well as the different permutations of the infrastructure itself, in corridors linking coastal states and in others that link coastal states with the hinterland. The breadth of cases allows for a comparative perspective of East, West, and Southern Africa, as well as the basis of comparisons outside of the continent in Europe, South Asia, and elsewhere. The motivations behind corridor initiatives in Africa range enormously, from resource extraction to urban development and poverty reduction. A lot depends on scale, and this collection places the grand designs thrashed out at continental and regional economic forums alongside the individual concerns of drivers and cross-border traders hauling goods across the continent's checkpoints. What emerges are a number of central tensions in the study of transport corridors: between short-term optics and long-term durability; between road and rail as modes of transportation; between regional integration and national interest; between the facilitation of trade and the generation of corridor revenue; between different port configurations; and between local dynamics and the dynamics of long-distance transportation. This book is available as Open Access under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC.

Corridors. --- Africa. --- African Checkpoints. --- Coastal States. --- Comparative Perspective. --- Corridor Revenue. --- East Africa. --- Economic Development. --- Infrastructure. --- Open Access. --- Port Configurations. --- Regional Integration. --- Southern Africa. --- Trade. --- Transport Corridors. --- West Africa.

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L'Asie du Sud-Est est en perpétuelle évolution et, face à une Chine dynamique, l'unité des pays de la région est encore loin d'être une réalité. Les difficultés rencontrées aujourd'hui par certains de ces pays sont-ils simplement les symptômes d'une crise de croissance, ou ont-elles des racines plus profondes ? Asie du Sud-Est 2007 rassemble des textes tirés du mensuel Focus Asie du Sud-Est (Fase) qui intéresseront tout autant le chercheur, l'étudiant que le néophyte. Etablissant une rétrospective des événements majeurs de l'année 2006, ce livre aide à mieux comprendre les grands enjeux de l'année 2007. Fase est la première revue francophone à s'intéresser aux évolutions du sous-continent asiatique. Autour du comité éditorial (Arnaud Dubus, Pierre Paccaud et Jean-Claude Pomonti) s'est constitué un groupe de spécialistes chargés d'enquêter sur le terrain et qui livrent ici le résultat de leurs recherches. Asie du Sud-Est 2007 apporte ainsi un éclairage pertinent et contemporain sur une région émergente, démêle l'éphémère des grandes tendances historiques et déchiffre une actualité riche et multiforme. Cet ouvrage de l'Institut de Recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est Contemporaine (Irasec) offre de nombreux outils pratiques tels qu'une chronologie détaillée de l'année 2006, les adresses des différents centres de recherche travaillant sur la région, une bibliographie rassemblant les ouvrages récents, ou encore une liste des formations relatives à l'Asie du Sud-Est.

Economics (General) --- minorités --- urbanisation --- culture --- politique --- capitalisme --- conflit --- économie --- Singapour --- Vietnam --- société civile --- Indonésie --- Asie du Sud-Est --- Malaisie --- Philippines --- Thaïlande --- Asean --- Birmanie --- Timor --- Cambodge --- Laos --- Brunei --- conflict --- politics --- economics --- capitalism --- minorities --- Southeast Asia --- urbanization --- civil society --- Viêt Nam --- Thailand --- political transition --- Myanmar --- Burma --- Malaysia --- economic transition --- Indonesia --- Cambodia --- regional integration --- Timor-Leste --- Singapore

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L'Asie du Sud-Est est en perpétuelle évolution, oscillant entre avancées fulgurantes et retours en arrière inquiétants. Si la croissance économique de la zone reste dynamique, certains pays connaissent des soubresauts politiques préoccupants dont les origines sont souvent plus profondes que ne le laisse supposer une lecture rapide de l'actualité. Asie du Sud-Est 2008 rassemble des textes tirés du mensuel francophone « Focus Asie du Sud-Est » qui intéresseront tous ceux qui par profession, par goût ou par passion suivent de près les changements vécus dans région. Etablissant une rétrospective des événements majeurs de l'année dernière, ce livre aide à mieux cerner les grands enjeux de l'année 2008. Asie du Sud-Est 2008 propose ainsi un éclairage pertinent et contemporain sur une région en plein développement, dégage l'éphémère des grandes tendances historiques et culturelles et donne des clefs pour déchiffrer une actualité dense et multiforme. Le résultat est une lecture à la fois passionnante et une ouverture pleine de promesses. Outre l'analyse de l'année, cet ouvrage coordonné par l'Institut de Recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine (Irasec) offre de nombreux outils pratiques tels qu'une chronologie détaillée, les adresses des différents centres de recherche francophones travaillant sur le sous-continent asiatique, une bibliographie rassemblant les ouvrages publiés en 2007 ou encore une liste des centres de documentation et des formations relatives à l'Asie du Sud-Est.

Economics (General) --- minorités --- urbanisation --- culture --- politique --- capitalisme --- conflit --- économie --- Singapour --- Vietnam --- société civile --- Indonésie --- Asie du Sud-Est --- Malaisie --- Philippines --- Thaïlande --- Asean --- Birmanie --- Timor --- Cambodge --- Laos --- Brunei --- conflict --- politics --- economics --- capitalism --- minorities --- Southeast Asia --- urbanization --- civil society --- Viêt Nam --- Thailand --- political transition --- Myanmar --- Burma --- economic transition --- Malaysia --- Indonesia --- Cambodia --- regional integration --- Timor-Leste --- Singapore

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This paper studies the potential for the export sector to play a more important role in promoting growth in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) through deeper intra-regional and global trade integration. CAPDR countries have enacted many free trade agreements and other regional integration initiatives in recent years, but this paper finds that their exports remain below the norm for countries of their size. Several indexes of outward orientation are constructed and suggest that the breadth of geographic trading relationships, depth of integration into global production chains, and degree of technological sophistication of exports in CAPDR are less conducive to higher exports and growth than in fast-growing, export-oriented economies. To boost exports and growth, CAPDR should implement policies to facilitate economic integration, particularly building a customs union, harmonizing trade rules, improving logistics and infrastructure, and enhancing regional cordination.

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