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Intra-national Trade Costs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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dc.contributor.authorDíaz de Astarloa, Bernardo
dc.contributor.authorPkhikidze, Nino
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-04T17:34:21Z
dc.date.available2024-06-04T17:34:21Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-04
dc.description.abstractCasual observation suggests that intra-national trade costs remain high in low- and middle-income countries. Precisely estimating them is crucial for guiding policies aimed at optimizing economic efficiency within a country's borders. This paper estimates intra-national trade costs for six low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Eastern Europe: Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Georgia. The analysis exploits unit-level price data collected by countries’ national statistical offices for consumer price index calculation purposes. It applies the price differential methodology, which aims at estimating trade costs while accounting for the possibility of imperfect competition among intermediaries, controlling for spatial variation in markups. The findings show that the intra-national trade costs in the sample of countries are between 2.5 and 14 times larger than previous estimates for the United States using the same methodology.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099804206032428257/IDU167abbddb15f9714c941870b1a84d441e8e50
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/41654
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41654
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10789
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectTRADE COSTS
dc.subjectPRICE DIFFERENTIAL METHODOLOGY
dc.subjectTRAVEL DISTANCE
dc.subjectKENYA
dc.subjectMADAGASCAR
dc.subjectNIGERIA
dc.subjectRWANDA
dc.subjectTANZANIA
dc.subjectGEORGIA
dc.titleIntra-national Trade Costs in Low- and Middle-Income Countriesen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleIntra-national Trade Costs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
okr.date.disclosure2024-06-04
okr.date.lastmodified2024-06-03T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099804206032428257/IDU167abbddb15f9714c941870b1a84d441e8e50
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okr.identifier.docmidIDU-67abbddb-5f97-4c94-870b-a84d441e8e50
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/41654
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34332635
okr.identifier.reportWPS10789
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okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Policy
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Foreign Trade Promotion and Regulation
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Multilateral Issues
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.unitITRGK - Global Knowledge (ITRGK)
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