01857cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008310 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451857597 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Subramanian, Arvind. The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act and its Rules of Origin : Generosity Undermined? / Arvind Subramanian, Aaditya Mattoo, Devesh Roy. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (36 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper describes the United States recently enacted Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and assesses its quantitative impact on African exports. The AGOA expands the scope of preferential access of Africa's exports to the United States in key areas such as clothing. However, its medium term benefits estimated at about USD 100-USD 140 million, an 8 11 percent addition to current non-oil exports would have been nearly five times greater (USD 540 million) if no restrictive conditions had been imposed on the terms of market access. The most important of these conditions are the rules of origin with which African exporters of clothing must comply to benefit from duty-free access. Mode of access: Internet Mattoo, Aaditya. Roy, Devesh. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/158 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2002/158/001.2002.issue-158-en.xml IMF e-Library