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Services Trade Policies across Africa: New Evidence for 54 Economies

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dc.contributor.authorBaiker, Laura
dc.contributor.authorBorchert, Ingo
dc.contributor.authorMagdeleine, Joscelyn
dc.contributor.authorMarchetti, Juan
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-08T19:34:36Z
dc.date.available2023-08-08T19:34:36Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-08
dc.description.abstractIn 2023, the global coverage of the Services Trade Policy Database, jointly developed by the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, has been significantly expanded to cover more economies, focusing in particular on the African continent. This enhancement is accompanied by expanded sector coverage including, inter alia, tourism and health care services, which are of particular interest to many African economies. The collection, processing, and vetting of regulatory data took place during 2020–22 and was supported by the German Development Agency GIZ, the European Commission and the International Trade Centre, respectively, as part of their support for the African Continental Free Trade Area negotiations. This paper presents evidence on the 2020/21 state of applied services trade policy across 54 African economies. It offers detailed comparisons of policy stances across economies, broad sectors, subsectors, and modes of supply. Services trade policies in Africa are generally relatively restrictive, albeit with substantial dispersion across economies within each sector. Professional services are the most restricted, while computer and distribution services appear as the least restricted sectors. Larger economies in terms of market size tend to be more restrictive toward services trade, whereas economies with better institutions, including higher regulatory quality, tend to be more open. At the same time, relatively high levels of restrictiveness in transportation among the more industrialized economies may curtail connectivity and thus hamper African economies’ international integration prospects. Landlocked economies also seem to miss an opportunity to alleviate pre-existing geographical disadvantages with more open transportation service policies. Overall, the wealth of quantitative information on policy restrictiveness presented in this paper, along with the underpinning regulatory information, provides a factual basis for the advancement of policy reform, regional integration, and cooperation in service sectors.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099307108072332829/IDU0ede8c14501f7c04ae2095590cde83b8ac97f
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10537
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40162
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10537
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY AND INTEGRATION
dc.subjectSERVICES TRADE REGULATION
dc.subjectTRADE AGREEMENTS AND NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subjectDATA FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectSERVICES TRADE COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)
dc.titleServices Trade Policies across Africaen
dc.title.subtitleNew Evidence for 54 Economiesen
dc.typeWorking Paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleServices Trade Policies across Africa: New Evidence for 54 Economies
okr.date.disclosure2023-08-07
okr.date.lastmodified2023-08-07T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099307108072332829/IDU0ede8c14501f7c04ae2095590cde83b8ac97f
okr.guid099307108072332829
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-ede8c145-1f7c-4ae2-9559-cde83b8ac97f
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10537
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10537
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34131169
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34131169
okr.identifier.reportWPS10537
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099307108072332829/pdf/IDU0ede8c14501f7c04ae2095590cde83b8ac97f.pdfen
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Policy
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Services
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Regional Integration
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::World Trade Organization
okr.unitDECRG: Trade & Intl. Integration (DECTI)
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