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Trade and Infrastructure Integration in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorFontagné, Lionel
dc.contributor.authorLebrand, Mathilde
dc.contributor.authorMurray, Siobhan
dc.contributor.authorSantoni, Gianluca
dc.contributor.authorRuta, Michele
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-28T15:08:09Z
dc.date.available2023-11-28T15:08:09Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-28
dc.description.abstractEconomic integration of the African continent rests on two pillars: the ratification of an ambitious trade agreement and massive investment in transportation infrastructure. Leveraging a newly created city-level database on African exporters’ transport times, transport route optimization and general equilibrium modeling of international trade, the paper quantifies the impact of greater trade and transport integration in Africa. A pan-African agreement, such as the African Continental Free Trade Area, would increase African countries’ exports by an average of 3.4 percent and increase gross domestic product by 0.6 percent. Complementing trade integration by reducing transportation time on roads, ports and border posts would increase exports by 11.5 percent and increase gross domestic product by 2 percent. Major transport investments are necessary to reap the full benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099424311162313828/IDU0fca49b5b01b530416009eab02c488f834b70
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10609
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40646
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10609
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectEXPORT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectSTRUCTURE GRAVITY
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.titleTrade and Infrastructure Integration in Africaen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleTrade and Infrastructure Integration in Africa
okr.date.disclosure2023-11-16
okr.date.lastmodified2023-11-16T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10609
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10609
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okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.topicInfrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Finance
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Finance and Investment
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Globalization and Financial Integration
okr.unitProspects Group (DECPG)
okr.unitDevelopment Data Group (DECDG)
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