From Lomé to Cotonou: Business as Usual?

Focuses on the forces impacting the longstanding relationship between the European Union and African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states that are altering the fundamental nature of the relationship. Signing of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement in Cotonou in 2000; Exogenous and endogenous forces of change; Effectiveness of the Lomé model; Differences between the contents of the Lomé and Cotonou agreements; Experiences with the fundamental changes and their impact on cooperation between the countries involved; Superiority of the Cotonou agreement over the Lomé Conventions.