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WATH Quarterly Report November 2010 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development and prepared by CARANA Corporation TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................... 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... 7 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................. 10 INDICATORS ..................................................................................................................... 11 1. TRADE & INVESTMENT CAPACITY (BUSINESS) ..................................................... 15 AGOA Services............................................................................................................. 16 1.2 Market Linkages .................................................................................................. 22 1.3 Sustainable Fish & Seafood ................................................................................ 27 1.4 Cashew and the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) ................................................. 33 1.5 Shea.................................................................................................................... 42 1.6 Home Décor & Fashion Accessories ................................................................... 53 1.7 Apparel ................................................................................................................ 61 1.8 Specialty Foods ................................................................................................... 68 2. FINANCIAL SERVICES ............................................................................................... 74 Access to Finance and Mobile Money ........................................................................... 74 3. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE .............................................................................. 81 4. BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................ 89 5. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE .......................................................... 99 FY 2011 ACTIVITIES: OCTOBER 2010– NOVEMBER 2011 ........................................... 106 ATTACHMENTS .............................................................................................................. 122 1. Partnerships Table ............................................................................................ 122 2. Trip reports ........................................................................................................ 122 3. Tradewinds Stories ............................................................................................ 122 4. 16th IRTG Report .............................................................................................. 122 5. Draft Impact of Open, Expedited Trade on Private Sector Investment in ECOWAS Region Study .............................................................................................................. 122 6. Draft RRTC – Lomé- Ouagadougou Report ....................................................... 122 7. Draft Truck Driver‘s Guide for Mali .................................................................... 122 8. Border Information Centre package ................................................................... 122 9. Borderless Alliance Statutes .............................................................................. 122 10. Borderless Alliance Stakeholders‘ Forum Communiqué .................................... 122 11. ACA newsletter ................................................................................................. 122 12. ACA GSA ECOWAS Collaboration Meeting Agenda ......................................... 122 13. ACA Conference Graphics ................................................................................ 122 3 14. Wood Products Environmental Impact Assessments ......................................... 122 15. GSA second newsletter ..................................................................................... 122 16. Shea 2011 Conference Advert .......................................................................... 122 17. New York International Gift Show Graphics ....................................................... 122 18. World Bank Transport Observatory Meeting ...................................................... 122 19. WTO/ UEMOA Customs Meeting Report ........................................................... 122 20. Senegal-Mali ISRT ............................................................................................ 122 21. CEPS Commissioner‘s response to Express Lanes and Tracking ..................... 122 22. AGOA Resource Centres Contact Sheet ........................................................... 122 4 ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS AATC African American Trading Company ACA African Cashew Alliance ACET Associated Commodities Exporters and Traders AGCI African Global Competitiveness Initiative AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act AIMS African Investors Management Services ALCO Abidjan Lagos Corridor Organization ARC AGOA Resource Center ASEPEX Agence Sénégalaise de Promotion des Exportations BOI Bank of Industry, Nigeria CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program CBC Conseil Burkinabè des Chargeurs COCOBOD Ghana Cocoa Board COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COP Chief of Party CSO Civil Society Organization CY calendar year CET Common External Tariff DCA Development Credit Authority DfID Department for International Development (U.K.) DSI Département des Services Informatique (Information Services Department), UEMOA ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EDIF Export Development and Investment Fund EGAT Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade ERC export-ready company EPA Economic Partnership Agreement ESE European Seafood Exposition ETLS ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme FOB free on board FTA free trade area FY fiscal year FP focal point GAMA Ghana Apparel Manufacturers‘ Association GDA Global Development Alliance GSMA Global System for Mobile Communications Association GS2010 Global Shea 2010 GSP General System of Preferences GTZ Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Development Corporation) HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point HTS Harmonized Tariff Schedule ICT Information and Communication Technology IESC International Executive Service Corps IFC International Finance Corporation 5 ITU International Telecommunications Union IRTG Improved Road Transport Governance MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation MOU Memorandum of Understanding NEPAD New Partnership for Africa‘s Development NEPC Nigerian Export Promotion Council NGOs non-governmental organizations OPA Observatoire des Pratiques Anormales (French name for IRTG initiative) OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation PCV Peace Corps Volunteer PEFIB Private ECOWAS Financial Improvements Board PPP public-private partnership PSI Presidential Special Initiative ROPPA Réseau des organisations paysannes et des producteurs agricoles de l’Afrique de L’Ouest RRTC reduced road transport costs RTIS regional trade information system SAGIC Senegal Accelerated Growth and Increased Competitiveness SIAO Salon International de l’Artisanal de Ouagadougou SIDIM Salon International du Design d’Intérieur de Montréal SME small and medium enterprise SOW scope of work SPS sanitary and phyto-sanitary SSATP Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Program TIC trade and investment capacity TIFA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement UBA United Bank for Africa Group UEMOA Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (West African Economic & Monetary Union—WAEMU in English) USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government USTR United States Trade Representative WAEMU See UEMOA WACIP West Africa Cotton Improvement Program WAMI West Africa Monetary Institute WAMZ West Africa Monetary Zone WAML West Africa Market Links, Ghana WASSDA West Africa Sustainable Seafood Development Alliance WTO World Trade Organization 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since 2007, the West African economy has steadily expanded, growing at an average rate of 5%1. But the growth - largely driven by increases in prices of raw commodities - has varied from country to country. When hunger loomed in 2008-09, above-average harvests in landlocked countries, where hunger is most chronic, and regional economic growth averted an emergency. The role of economic growth in improving food security is most visible in the region‘s fastest growing economy – such as Ghana where hunger has been cut in half as incomes have grown. Across West Africa, more people have entered the middle class, according to the African Development Bank. Economic development alleviates poverty, and increased trade from a more competitive West African economy translates to improved food security. The impacts of export-led economic growth led the U.S. Government in 2001 to enact the African Growth and Opportunity Act, eliminating tariffs to incentivize buyers and investors to source more than 6,400 products from 39 eligible African countries. The Trade Hub leveraged AGOA, putting capacity building, technical assistance and expert consulting—complemented by monitoring and evaluation and dissemination of international best practices—in the service of increasing exports addressing the
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