How Integrated Is SADC? Trends in Intra-Regional and Extra-Regional Trade Flows and Policy

Do Southern African Development Community countries trade enough with each other and with the rest of the world? Although its share of world trade has fallen, appropriate benchmarking shows that, controlling for gross domestic product and other cha...

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Main Authors:	Behar, Alberto, Edwards, Lawrence
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AD VALOREM AGGREGATE ANALYSIS AGGREGATE TRADE AGRICULTURE APPAREL APPAREL EXPORTS AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BARRIERS TO TRADE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS BENEFITS OF TRADE BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL GOODS CHANGES IN TRADE COAL COMMODITY PRICE COMMON MARKET COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CURRENCY CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS UNION CUSTOMS UNIONS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY EXPORTS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RESEARCH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EUROPEAN UNION EXPECTED VALUES EXPORT BIAS EXPORT DOCUMENTS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PRODUCTS EXPORT VOLUMES EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL BARRIERS EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TRANSPORT FISH FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AREA GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL TRADING GRAVITY ESTIMATES GRAVITY MODEL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS EXPORTS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT BARRIERS IMPORT COSTS IMPORT PRICES IMPORT VALUES IMPORTS INCOME INCOME LEVELS INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL PRICES INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE MARKET ACCESS MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET SIZE MEASURE OF TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS OIL OPEN ECONOMIES OPENNESS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY RESEARCH PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PRODUCTION COSTS PROTECTION RATES PROTECTIONIST PROTECTIONIST POLICIES QUOTAS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS REGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION REGIONALIZATION RULES OF ORIGIN SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF ESCALATION TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF LINES TARIFF PROTECTION TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATES TARIFF REFORM TARIFF SCHEDULE TARIFF SCHEDULES TARIFF STRUCTURES TERMS OF TRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOW DATA TRADE FLOWS TRADE IMPEDIMENTS TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE MORE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY ENVIRONMENT TRADE POLICY REFORM TRADE RELATIONSHIPS TRADE VALUE TRADE VALUES TRADING SYSTEM TRANSPORT COSTS UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION URUGUAY ROUND VALUE OF EXPORTS VOLUME OF TRADE WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION WTO
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