Expanding Trade within Africa : The Impact of Trade Facilitation

This paper examines the impact of trade facilitation on intra-African trade. The authors examine the role of trade facilitation reforms, such as increased port efficiency, improved customs, and regulatory environments, and upgrading services infras...

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Main Authors:	Njinkeu, Dominique, Wilson, John S., Fosso, Bruno Powo
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE VALUE AD VALOREM ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ADVERSE EFFECT AFFECTING IMPORTS AIM AIR TRANSPORT APPLIED TARIFF APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES BENEFITS OF TRADE BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY BUILDING COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMON MARKET COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CURRENCY CURRENCY UNION CURRENCY UNIONS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS REGULATIONS CUSTOMS UNION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF TRADE EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PERMITS EXPORT PRICES EXPORT SUPPLY EXPORTERS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GATT GDP GDP DEFLATOR GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL MARKETPLACE GLOBAL TRADE GLOBAL TRADE ANALYSIS GOODS IN TRANSIT GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT DATA IMPORTING COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES MANUFACTURING MARKET SIZE NATIONAL ECONOMY NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLICY RESEARCH PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRICE INDEX PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PROPERTY RIGHTS REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS SAFETY STANDARDS SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS SHIPPING SHIPPING COSTS TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF LINE TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATES TAX BASE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE BLOCS TRADE COSTS TRADE CREATION TRADE DATA TRADE DIVERSION TRADE EFFECT TRADE EXPANSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOW DATA TRADE FLOWS TRADE FRICTIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICY TRADE REGULATIONS TRADE VALUES TRADE VOLUMES TRADING BLOCS TRAINS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SERVICES VOLUME OF TRADE WELFARE GAINS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10069312/expanding-trade-within-africa-impact-trade-facilitation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6297

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Summary:	This paper examines the impact of trade facilitation on intra-African trade. The authors examine the role of trade facilitation reforms, such as increased port efficiency, improved customs, and regulatory environments, and upgrading services infrastructure on trade between African countries. They also consider how regional trade agreements relate to intra-African trade flows. Using trade data from 2003 to 2004, they find that improvement in ports and services infrastructure promise relatively more expansion in intra-African trade than other measures. They also show that, almost all regional trade agreements have a positive effect on trade flows.

Expanding Trade within Africa : The Impact of Trade Facilitation

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