The Author: Francis A.S.T. Matambalya is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Commerce and Management of the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), in which he has served in various capacities including as Associate Dean for Research and Publictions. Currently, he is the Co-ordinator of the Consultative Group on Lome Convention (CGLC). He is also an Associate Researcher with the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF). He possesses a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Marketing Major) of the University of Dar es Salaam, and M.Sc. in Business Administration (Majoring in Marketing and Business Informatics) of the University of Linz (Austria), and a Ph.D. (focusing on international Economic Relations) of the University of Bochum (Germany).

• Contents: Context and framework of the study - Globalist empirical review of the export and overall economic performance of the SADC economies in the aftermath of the Lome Convention - Focused empirical analysis of EU-SADC economic relations - The merits and demerits of the LC-type preferential measures towards fostering the export and overall economic performance of the beneficiary economy - Development perspectives of the SADC region - Reform recommendations to enhance EU-SADC co-operation efficiency - Recent mileposts towards a post-Lome IV arrangement - General conclusions.

The Author: Francis A.S.T. Matambalya is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Commerce and Management of the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), in which he has served in various capacities including as Associate Dean for Research and Publictions. Currently, he is the Co-ordinator of the Consultative Group on Lome Convention (CGLC). He is also an Associate Researcher with the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF). He possesses a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Marketing Major) of the University of Dar es Salaam, and M.Sc. in Business Administration (Majoring in Marketing and Business Informatics) of the University of Linz (Austria), and a Ph.D. (focusing on international Economic Relations) of the University of Bochum (Germany).

• Contents: Context and framework of the study - Globalist empirical review of the export and overall economic performance of the SADC economies in the aftermath of the Lome Convention - Focused empirical analysis of EU-SADC economic relations - The merits and demerits of the LC-type preferential measures towards fostering the export and overall economic performance of the beneficiary economy - Development perspectives of the SADC region - Reform recommendations to enhance EU-SADC co-operation efficiency - Recent mileposts towards a post-Lome IV arrangement - General conclusions.

The Author: Francis A.S.T. Matambalya is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Commerce and Management of the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), in which he has served in various capacities including as Associate Dean for Research and Publictions. Currently, he is the Co-ordinator of the Consultative Group on Lome Convention (CGLC). He is also an Associate Researcher with the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF). He possesses a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Marketing Major) of the University of Dar es Salaam, and M.Sc. in Business Administration (Majoring in Marketing and Business Informatics) of the University of Linz (Austria), and a Ph.D. (focusing on international Economic Relations) of the University of Bochum (Germany).

• Contents: Context and framework of the study - Globalist empirical review of the export and overall economic performance of the SADC economies in the aftermath of the Lome Convention - Focused empirical analysis of EU-SADC economic relations - The merits and demerits of the LC-type preferential measures towards fostering the export and overall economic performance of the beneficiary economy - Development perspectives of the SADC region - Reform recommendations to enhance EU-SADC co-operation efficiency - Recent mileposts towards a post-Lome IV arrangement - General conclusions.