Trade Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa

Countries in Africa should strive to maintain trade flows during the crisis to secure access to medical goods and services, and food and other essential items such as farm inputs. This requires keeping borders open to the largest extent possible an...

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Main Authors:	Brenton, Paul, Chemutai, Vicky
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	MEDICAL GOODS TRADE FOOD TRADE GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN TRADE POLICY CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC EXPORT BAN TRADE FACILITATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/370831586274809825/Trade-Responses-to-the-COVID-19-Crisis-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33548

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spelling	okr-10986-335482021-09-16T17:32:10Z Trade Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa Brenton, Paul Chemutai, Vicky MEDICAL GOODS TRADE FOOD TRADE GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN TRADE POLICY CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC EXPORT BAN TRADE FACILITATION Countries in Africa should strive to maintain trade flows during the crisis to secure access to medical goods and services, and food and other essential items such as farm inputs. This requires keeping borders open to the largest extent possible and avoiding measures such as export bans or taxes. Countries should take action to reduce taxes and duties on trade, to streamline trade procedures and to support transport and logistics services in maintaining cross-border and international value chains. By joining together, countries in Africa can implement coordinated trade measures that result in better responses to the crisis. Joint actions include bilateral cooperation on border management, joint information campaigns, coordinated purchasing of medical equipment, partnering on repurposing production to produce medical goods, and management of health specialists to deal with emerging hotspots on the continent. Development partners should support coordinated actions by regional institutions through analysis, technical assistance and perhaps operational projects. Identifying the appropriate level (sub-national, national, regional, continental) for interventions and the most effective institutions, in terms of relevance and capacity, to manage coordinated actions will be essential. 2020-04-09T13:56:25Z 2020-04-09T13:56:25Z 2020-04-06 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/370831586274809825/Trade-Responses-to-the-COVID-19-Crisis-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33548 English Trade and COVID-19 Guidance Note; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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description	Countries in Africa should strive to maintain trade flows during the crisis to secure access to medical goods and services, and food and other essential items such as farm inputs. This requires keeping borders open to the largest extent possible and avoiding measures such as export bans or taxes. Countries should take action to reduce taxes and duties on trade, to streamline trade procedures and to support transport and logistics services in maintaining cross-border and international value chains. By joining together, countries in Africa can implement coordinated trade measures that result in better responses to the crisis. Joint actions include bilateral cooperation on border management, joint information campaigns, coordinated purchasing of medical equipment, partnering on repurposing production to produce medical goods, and management of health specialists to deal with emerging hotspots on the continent. Development partners should support coordinated actions by regional institutions through analysis, technical assistance and perhaps operational projects. Identifying the appropriate level (sub-national, national, regional, continental) for interventions and the most effective institutions, in terms of relevance and capacity, to manage coordinated actions will be essential.
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author	Brenton, Paul Chemutai, Vicky
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title	Trade Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa
title_short	Trade Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa
title_full	Trade Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa
title_fullStr	Trade Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Trade Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/370831586274809825/Trade-Responses-to-the-COVID-19-Crisis-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33548
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Trade Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa

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