The African Continental Free Trade Area: How will economic distribution change?

In early 2021, African countries will begin implementing the much-anticipated African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The Africa-wide elimination of tariffs will encourage regional integration to a degree never before seen on the continent. As intra-African trade unifies, will regional agricultural production and food supply chains change drastically? How will the agreement affect poverty and food security? And what types of political resistance might arise?

Join three specialists in a discussion about the political and economic distribution effects we anticipate as the AfCFTA unfolds.

Introduction
Nalishebo Meebelo, Senior Program Coordinator, Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research and Institutes (ReNAPRI)

Speakers
David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Maryla Maliszewska, Senior Economist, World Bank Group
Andrew Mold, Chief, Regional Integration and AfCFTA Cluster, Office for Eastern Africa, ECA, UNECA

Closing Remarks
Antoine Bouet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Moderator
Julie Kurtz, Research Analyst, IFPRI

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