AGOA THESIS

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8-1-2013

THE IMPACT OF THE AFRICAN GROWTH
AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (AGOA): AN
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
Addisalem Zenebe
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [e-mail]

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THE IMPACT OF THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (AGOA): AN
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS

By
Addisalem Zenebe
A THESIS
Presented to the Faculty of
The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska
In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements
For the Degree of Master of Science

Major: Agricultural Economics

Under the Supervision of Professor E. Wesley F. Peterson

Lincoln, Nebraska

August, 2013

THE IMPACT OF THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (AGOA): AN
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
Addisalem Zenebe, M.S.
University of Nebraska, 2013
Adviser: Wesley F. Peterson
The African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) which was signed into law in
2000 as part of U.S. trade legislation has the objectives of increasing trade and investment between the U.S. and eligible Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, by reducing or

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