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Market Access, Supplier Access, and Africa's Manufactured Exports : An Analysis of the Role of Geography and Institutions

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dc.contributor.authorElbadawi, Ibrahim
dc.contributor.authorMengistae, Taye
dc.contributor.authorZeufack, Albert
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-19T15:35:59Z
dc.date.available2012-06-19T15:35:59Z
dc.date.issued2006-06
dc.description.abstractIn a large cross-country sample of manufacturing establishments drawn from 188 cities, average exports per establishment are smaller for African firms than for businesses in other regions. The authors show that this is mainly because, on average, African firms face more adverse economic geography and operate in poorer institutional settings. Once they control for the quality of institutions and economic geography, what in effect is a negative African dummy disappears from the firm level exports equation they estimate. One part of the effect of geography operates through Africa's lower "foreign market access:" African firms are located further away from wealthier or denser potential export markets. A second occurs through the region's lower "supplier access:" African firms face steeper input prices, partly because of their physical distance from cheaper foreign suppliers, and partly because domestic substitutes for importable inputs are more expensive. Africa's poorer institutions reduce its manufactured exports directly, as well as indirectly, by lowering foreign market access and supplier access. Both geography and institutions influence average firm level exports significantly more through their effect on the number of exporters than through their impact on how much each exporter sells in foreign markets.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6858817/market-access-supplier-access-africas-manufactured-exports-analysis-role-geography-institutions
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3942
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8420
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3942
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGGREGATE EXPORTS
dc.subjectBENCHMARKS
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISON
dc.subjectDEMAND CURVE
dc.subjectDEMAND FUNCTION
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
dc.subjectDOMESTIC FIRMS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC INDUSTRY
dc.subjectDOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODELING
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC OUTCOMES
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectELASTICITY OF DEMAND
dc.subjectELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
dc.subjectEXOGENOUS SHOCKS
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKET
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKETS
dc.subjectEXPORT ORIENTATION
dc.subjectEXPORT PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectEXPORTERS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFACTOR MARKETS
dc.subjectFACTOR PRICES
dc.subjectFACTOR SHARES
dc.subjectFDI
dc.subjectFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subjectFOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subjectFOREIGN INVESTORS
dc.subjectFOREIGN MARKET
dc.subjectFOREIGN MARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectFOREIGN MARKETS
dc.subjectFOREIGN OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectFOREIGN SALES
dc.subjectFOREIGN SUPPLIERS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGLOBAL SHOCKS
dc.subjectGLOBAL TRADE
dc.subjectGRAVITY EQUATION
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS
dc.subjectINPUT PRICES
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE INPUTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MARKETS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectINVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subjectMANUFACTURED EXPORTS
dc.subjectMANUFACTURING SECTOR
dc.subjectMARGINAL COST
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectMARKET DEMAND
dc.subjectMAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
dc.subjectMEASURE OF TRADE
dc.subjectMIDDLE EAST
dc.subjectNATIONAL ECONOMIES
dc.subjectNATIONAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNORTH AFRICA
dc.subjectOPEN ECONOMIES
dc.subjectOPENNESS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subjectPRICE ELASTICITY
dc.subjectPRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
dc.subjectPRICE INDEX
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTES
dc.subjectSUPPLIER
dc.subjectTRADE COSTS
dc.subjectTRADE OPENNESS
dc.subjectTRADE VOLUMES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subjectTURNOVER
dc.subjectVALUE OF IMPORTS
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE
dc.titleMarket Access, Supplier Access, and Africa's Manufactured Exports : An Analysis of the Role of Geography and Institutionsen
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okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3942
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Foreign Direct Investment
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Markets and Market Access
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Free Trade
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Access to Markets
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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