Facilitating Cross-Border Trade between the DRC and Neighbors in the Great Lakes Region of Africa : Improving Conditions for Poor Traders
This report looks at the current situation and opportunities for cross-border trade between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighbors with a focus on agricultural products. It recognizes that much of current trade across these borders is inf...
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AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE ARBITRAGE AUDIT TRAIL AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME BENCHMARK BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER MANAGEMENT BORDER TRAFFIC BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PRACTICES CASE-BY-CASE BASIS COMMERCE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMUTERS COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPUTER SYSTEM COMPUTER SYSTEMS CONSUMERS COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION COUNTRY OF DESTINATION CROSS-BORDER TRADE CROSSING CUSTOMS CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS UNION DATA AVAILABILITY DRIVING ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC SITUATION EMISSIONS EXPORTS FAIR FINANCIAL REWARDS FOOD PRODUCTION FORMAL ECONOMY FRAUD FRAUDS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GDP GDP PER CAPITA GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION GLOBAL MARKET HARMONIZATION HEAVY TRAFFIC HIGH TRANSPORT HIGHWAYS HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INFORMATION SHARING INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE LEGAL RULES LEGAL SYSTEMS LIVING STANDARDS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET PRICES MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE TRADE MOBILE PHONES NATURAL RESOURCES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS OUTPUT PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC POLICE POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SYSTEMS PRICE LEVELS PRICE LIST PRICE VOLATILITY PUBLIC POLICY REGIONAL TRADE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROADS ROUTE SAFETY SAFETY CHECKS SANITATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STREET LIGHTING SURPLUS TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOLL TRADE FLOWS TRADE INFORMATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REGIME TRADE RULES TRADING ACTIVITIES TRADING ACTIVITY TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRAVELERS TRUCKS TRUE VALUATION WAGES WEALTH |
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AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE ARBITRAGE AUDIT TRAIL AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME BENCHMARK BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER MANAGEMENT BORDER TRAFFIC BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PRACTICES CASE-BY-CASE BASIS COMMERCE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMUTERS COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPUTER SYSTEM COMPUTER SYSTEMS CONSUMERS COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION COUNTRY OF DESTINATION CROSS-BORDER TRADE CROSSING CUSTOMS CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS UNION DATA AVAILABILITY DRIVING ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC SITUATION EMISSIONS EXPORTS FAIR FINANCIAL REWARDS FOOD PRODUCTION FORMAL ECONOMY FRAUD FRAUDS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GDP GDP PER CAPITA GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION GLOBAL MARKET HARMONIZATION HEAVY TRAFFIC HIGH TRANSPORT HIGHWAYS HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INFORMATION SHARING INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE LEGAL RULES LEGAL SYSTEMS LIVING STANDARDS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET PRICES MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE TRADE MOBILE PHONES NATURAL RESOURCES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS OUTPUT PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC POLICE POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SYSTEMS PRICE LEVELS PRICE LIST PRICE VOLATILITY PUBLIC POLICY REGIONAL TRADE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROADS ROUTE SAFETY SAFETY CHECKS SANITATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STREET LIGHTING SURPLUS TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOLL TRADE FLOWS TRADE INFORMATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REGIME TRADE RULES TRADING ACTIVITIES TRADING ACTIVITY TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRAVELERS TRUCKS TRUE VALUATION WAGES WEALTH World Bank Facilitating Cross-Border Trade between the DRC and Neighbors in the Great Lakes Region of Africa : Improving Conditions for Poor Traders |
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This report looks at the current
situation and opportunities for cross-border trade between
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighbors with a
focus on agricultural products. It recognizes that much of
current trade across these borders is informal and carried
by individual traders, most of whom are poor women. The
report shows that it is very important that informality not
be equated with illegality. The large numbers of traders
that cross the border every day do so through official
border crossings. The aim of the report is to provide
information on the current state and the potential for cross
border trade between the DRC and Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda,
to document the conditions and problems that traders face in
crossing the borders and provide suggestions to policy
makers on the priorities for trade facilitating measures at
the border. Exploiting the potential for cross-border trade
will be an important element of growth and poverty reduction
in the region and a key mechanism for enhancing stability.
Comparing prices for food products in a range of markets in
the three countries, the report underlines the strong role
that cross-border trade could play in reducing differences
in price levels and price volatility of agricultural
products. The report proceeds by describing the current
economic situation in the Great Lakes region and then
provides a brief summary of a detailed analysis of relative
prices of a number of basic food products in markets in
Burundi, DRC and Rwanda and what this implies for the width
of the borders in the region. The next section then
summarizes the results from the survey of cross-border
traders which is followed by a set of recommendations. The
final section concludes and describes a number of steps that
are being taken to address the constraints identified in
this report and discusses ways in which these may be built upon. |
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Facilitating Cross-Border Trade between the DRC and Neighbors in the Great Lakes Region of Africa : Improving Conditions for Poor Traders |
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Facilitating Cross-Border Trade between the DRC and Neighbors in the Great Lakes Region of Africa : Improving Conditions for Poor Traders |
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Facilitating Cross-Border Trade between the DRC and Neighbors in the Great Lakes Region of Africa : Improving Conditions for Poor Traders |
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Facilitating Cross-Border Trade between the DRC and Neighbors in the Great Lakes Region of Africa : Improving Conditions for Poor Traders |
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Facilitating Cross-Border Trade between the DRC and Neighbors in the Great Lakes Region of Africa : Improving Conditions for Poor Traders |
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facilitating cross-border trade between the drc and neighbors in the great lakes region of africa : improving conditions for poor traders |
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okr-10986-27852021-04-23T14:02:04Z Facilitating Cross-Border Trade between the DRC and Neighbors in the Great Lakes Region of Africa : Improving Conditions for Poor Traders World Bank AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE ARBITRAGE AUDIT TRAIL AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME BENCHMARK BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER MANAGEMENT BORDER TRAFFIC BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PRACTICES CASE-BY-CASE BASIS COMMERCE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMUTERS COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPUTER SYSTEM COMPUTER SYSTEMS CONSUMERS COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION COUNTRY OF DESTINATION CROSS-BORDER TRADE CROSSING CUSTOMS CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS UNION DATA AVAILABILITY DRIVING ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC SITUATION EMISSIONS EXPORTS FAIR FINANCIAL REWARDS FOOD PRODUCTION FORMAL ECONOMY FRAUD FRAUDS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GDP GDP PER CAPITA GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION GLOBAL MARKET HARMONIZATION HEAVY TRAFFIC HIGH TRANSPORT HIGHWAYS HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INFORMATION SHARING INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE LEGAL RULES LEGAL SYSTEMS LIVING STANDARDS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET PRICES MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE TRADE MOBILE PHONES NATURAL RESOURCES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS OUTPUT PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC POLICE POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SYSTEMS PRICE LEVELS PRICE LIST PRICE VOLATILITY PUBLIC POLICY REGIONAL TRADE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROADS ROUTE SAFETY SAFETY CHECKS SANITATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STREET LIGHTING SURPLUS TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOLL TRADE FLOWS TRADE INFORMATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REGIME TRADE RULES TRADING ACTIVITIES TRADING ACTIVITY TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRAVELERS TRUCKS TRUE VALUATION WAGES WEALTH This report looks at the current situation and opportunities for cross-border trade between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighbors with a focus on agricultural products. It recognizes that much of current trade across these borders is informal and carried by individual traders, most of whom are poor women. The report shows that it is very important that informality not be equated with illegality. The large numbers of traders that cross the border every day do so through official border crossings. The aim of the report is to provide information on the current state and the potential for cross border trade between the DRC and Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda, to document the conditions and problems that traders face in crossing the borders and provide suggestions to policy makers on the priorities for trade facilitating measures at the border. Exploiting the potential for cross-border trade will be an important element of growth and poverty reduction in the region and a key mechanism for enhancing stability. Comparing prices for food products in a range of markets in the three countries, the report underlines the strong role that cross-border trade could play in reducing differences in price levels and price volatility of agricultural products. The report proceeds by describing the current economic situation in the Great Lakes region and then provides a brief summary of a detailed analysis of relative prices of a number of basic food products in markets in Burundi, DRC and Rwanda and what this implies for the width of the borders in the region. The next section then summarizes the results from the survey of cross-border traders which is followed by a set of recommendations. The final section concludes and describes a number of steps that are being taken to address the constraints identified in this report and discusses ways in which these may be built upon. 2012-03-19T10:13:29Z 2012-03-19T10:13:29Z 2011-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20111014012012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2785 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Other Financial Sector Study Africa Congo, Democratic Republic of Burundi Rwanda Uganda Kenya |