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The African Growth and Opportunity Act, Exports, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.authorHoppe, Mombert
dc.contributor.authorBrenton, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-26T20:33:06Z
dc.date.available2012-06-26T20:33:06Z
dc.date.issued2006-08
dc.description.abstractThe African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is the flagship of U.S. commercial and development policy with Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper looks at the impact of the trade preferences that are the central element of AGOA on African countries' exports to the U.S. and puts them in the perspective of the development of the region. The paper finds that, while stimulating export diversification in a few countries, AGOA has fallen short of the potential impetus that preferences could otherwise provide African exporters. The impact of AGOA would be enhanced if preferences were extended to all products. This means removing tariff barriers to a range of agricultural products and to textiles and a number of other manufactured goods. There also needs to be a fundamental change in approach to the rules of origin. Given the stage of development and economic size of Sub-Saharan Africa, nonrestrictive rules of origin are crucial. For all countries in Africa, those that have and those that have not benefited from preferences, there are enormous infrastructure weaknesses and often extremely poor policy environments that raise trade costs and push African producers further away from international markets. Effective trade preferences (those with nonrestrictive rules of origin) can provide a limited window of opportunity to exports while these key barriers to trade are addressed. But dealing with the barriers is the priority.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/7014453/african-growth-opportunity-act-exports-development-sub-saharan-africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3996
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9288
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3996
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAPPAREL
dc.subjectAPPAREL ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectAPPAREL EXPORTS
dc.subjectAPPAREL INDUSTRY
dc.subjectAPPAREL PREFERENCES
dc.subjectAPPAREL PRODUCERS
dc.subjectAPPAREL PRODUCTS
dc.subjectAPPAREL SECTOR
dc.subjectAVERAGE TARIFF
dc.subjectAVERAGE TARIFFS
dc.subjectCOMMODITY PRICES
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE PRICE
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCUSTOMS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC SIZE
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectEXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectEXPORT GROWTH
dc.subjectEXPORT SECTOR
dc.subjectEXPORTERS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFINAL GOODS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
dc.subjectGNP
dc.subjectIMPORT QUANTITIES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MARKETS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectITC
dc.subjectLDCS
dc.subjectLIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectOIL IMPORTS
dc.subjectOIL PRICES
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL ACCESS
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL TRADE
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subjectPRIMARY PRODUCTS
dc.subjectQUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subjectREGIONAL INTEGRATION
dc.subjectRESTRICTIVE RULES OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectRULES OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectSAFEGUARD DUTIES
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectSUGAR
dc.subjectSUPPLIER
dc.subjectSUPPLIERS
dc.subjectSUPPLY CHAIN
dc.subjectSUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectTARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subjectTARIFF CLASSIFICATION
dc.subjectTARIFF ESCALATION
dc.subjectTARIFF LINES
dc.subjectTARIFF RATE
dc.subjectTRADE BARRIERS
dc.subjectTRADE COSTS
dc.subjectTRADE DEFLECTION
dc.subjectTRADE OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectTRADE PREFERENCES
dc.subjectVALUE ADDED
dc.subjectVALUE OF EXPORTS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWORLD MARKET
dc.subjectZERO TARIFF
dc.titleThe African Growth and Opportunity Act, Exports, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africaen
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okr.crossref.titleThe African Growth And Opportunity Act, Exports, And Development In Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:37:48.070691Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/7014453/african-growth-opportunity-act-exports-development-sub-saharan-africa
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3996
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000016406_20060825122955
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum7014453
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okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Policy
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicAgribusiness and Markets
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Markets and Market Access
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Free Trade
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade
okr.topicRural Development
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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