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Why Trade Facilitation Matters to Africa

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dc.contributor.authorPortugal-Perez, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorWilson, John S.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:30:03Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:30:03Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractMitigating the impact of the economic crisis will require using all the tools necessary to regain a sustainable path to growth. This includes measures to support trade expansion, including in developing countries, such as those in Africa. This paper provides context for understanding why trade facilitation and lowering trade costs matter to Africa both today and over the long term. Trade costs are higher in Africa than in other regions. Using gravity-model estimates, the authors compute ad-valorem equivalents of improvements in trade indicators for a sample of African countries. The evidence suggests that the gains for African exporters from cutting trade costs half-way to the level of Mauritius has a greater effect on trade flows than a substantial cut in tariff barriers. As an example, improving logistics so that Ethiopia cuts its costs of trading a standardized container of goods half-way to the level in Mauritius would be roughly equivalent to a 7.6% cut in tariffs faced by Ethiopian exporters across all importers.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Trade Review
dc.identifier.issn14747456
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4852
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectTrade Policy
dc.subjectInternational Trade Organizations F130
dc.subjectCountry and Industry Studies of Trade F140
dc.subjectInternational Linkages to Development
dc.subjectRole of International Organizations O190
dc.subjectDevelopment Planning and Policy: Trade Policy
dc.subjectFactor Movement
dc.subjectForeign Exchange Policy O240
dc.titleWhy Trade Facilitation Matters to Africaen
dc.title.alternativeWorld Trade Reviewen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1422
okr.journal.nbpages379-416
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryEthiopia
okr.region.countryMauritius
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
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okr.volume8
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