Poverty and Shared Prosperity Implications of Deep Integration in Eastern and Southern Africa

Evidence indicates that trade costs are a much more substantial barrier to trade than tariffs are, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper decomposes trade costs into: (i) trade facilitation, (ii) non-tariff barriers, and (iii) the costs of bu...

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Main Authors:	Balistreri, Edward J., Maliszewska, Maryla, Osorio-Rodarte, Israel, Tarr, David G., Yonezawa, Hidemichi
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	TARIFFS URUGUAY ROUND EXPORT MARKETS MARKET STRUCTURE MULTILATERAL TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION PRODUCTION ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY TRADE NEGOTIATIONS STOCK FOREIGN INVESTORS INCOME PROJECTIONS TRADE BARRIERS BENCHMARK EQUILIBRIUM DISCOUNT RATE UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION EXPORTS ELASTICITY MARGINAL PRODUCT POLITICAL ECONOMY PREFERENTIAL REDUCTION WELFARE SUPPLY CURVES ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OPTIMIZATION MARKET SHARES ECONOMIC POLICY EQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTION FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS MARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES VARIABLES TRADE REFORMS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTORS CAPITAL STOCK PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS TARIFF EQUIVALENT REAL INCOME INPUTS RETURNS TO SCALE REDUCTION OF BARRIERS EXTERNAL TRADE MARKET ACCESS FREE TRADE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT TRADE AGREEMENTS DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DEVELOPMENT PER CAPITA INCOMES PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS FOREIGN TRADE LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE IN GOODS COSTS PER CAPITA INCOME DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS REGIONAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION CENTRAL ELASTICITIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE INTEGRATION FOREIGN SUPPLIERS REGULATORY BARRIERS PRIMARY FACTORS RENT REGIONAL TRADE TARIFF REDUCTION MACROECONOMIC MODELS TARIFF BARRIER IMPERFECT COMPETITION CAPITAL GOOD MARKETS WTO TARIFF REDUCTIONS OPEN ECONOMY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF REDUCTION ACCESS WELFARE GAINS PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENTS TRADE POLICY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL UTILITY TRADE AGREEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PREFERENTIAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES ECONOMIC RESEARCH EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS UNEMPLOYMENT BORDER TRADE LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE CONSUMPTION VALUE ADDED UNILATERAL TRADE CAPITAL WAGES TRADE PREFERENCES INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRADE COSTS VALUE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PURCHASING POWER CONCESSIONS TRADE REFORM AGRICULTURE CONSUMERS TARIFF BARRIERS TRADE AREA TRADE FACILITATION RETURN ON CAPITAL MEASUREMENT WAGE RATE UNILATERAL REDUCTION BENCHMARK ECONOMIC THEORY TRADE LIBERALIZATION TERMS OF TRADE REGULATORY REGIMES TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DATA REGIONAL INTEGRATION MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TRADE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION GDP GOODS THEORY AGGREGATE TRADE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS GLOBAL TRADE MARKET SHARE BILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE REFORM INVESTMENT REGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION DOMESTIC PRODUCTION CUSTOMS UNIONS PREFERENTIAL TRADE TERMS OF TRADE LOSS TARIFF FREE TRADE AREA WORLD TRADE UNILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNSKILLED WORKERS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF BENCHMARK DATA MACROECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY APPAREL PRICE INDEX AGGREGATE EXPORTS IMPORT VALUE UNSKILLED LABOR PRICES UNILATERAL REFORMS MULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26345239/poverty-shared-prosperity-implications-deep-integration-eastern-southern-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24498