Reducing Trade Costs in East Africa : Deep Regional Integration and Multilateral Action

Reducing Trade Costs in East Africa : Deep Regional Integration and Multilateral Action

There is substantial evidence that with the progressive global decline in tariffs over several decades, trade costs are a more significant barrier to trade than tariffs, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper decomposes trade costs into three...

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Main Authors: Balistreri, Edward J., Tarr, David G., Yonezawa, Hidemichi
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
BUSINESS SERVICE COSTS
GLOBAL TRADE MODEL
LIBERALIZATION OF BARRIERS
NONTARIFF BARRIERS
TARIFFS
TRADE COSTS
TRADE FACILITATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20250345/reducing-trade-costs-east-africa-deep-regional-integration-multilateral-action
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20367

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