World Bank2012-12-062012-12-062012-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11916Five East African countries Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda have made solid progress on integrating regionally in the East African Community (EAC) since 1999. Such advances are crucial, as integration in East Africa has the potential for higher than usual benefits: Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda are landlocked, with very high costs to their economies. Successful integration will transform the five countries into one coastal, regional economy, slashing such costs. Looking at the East African integration through the lens of economic geography helps to improve sequencing of the integration process and to develop new policies to complement ongoing efforts, maximizing their benefits. Reducing disparities in provision of social services will increase the chances of workers from the inland parts of the EAC to find jobs, especially as administrative obstacles to labor mobility are being removed under the Common Market Protocol. Implementing and deepening the current program of regional infrastructure improvements will ensure that consumers and producers throughout the region are better connected to each other and to global markets. Integration policies facilitating greater economic activity in the coastal areas will help the EAC take advantage of the global demand for manufactured goods and thus to promote employment. That will also generate substantial demand for services and agricultural goods produced inland, amplifying the benefits of the customs union.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSIBILITYACCOUNTINGAGRICULTUREAIRPORTSBARRIERBENCHMARKBILATERAL TRADEBRIDGEBUSINESS CYCLEBUSINESS CYCLESCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCAPITAL STOCKCHILDREN PER WOMANCITIZENSCOMMON MARKETCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVENESSCONNECTIVITYCONSUMER PRICE INFLATIONCONSUMERSCOUNTRY DUMMIESCOUNTRY DUMMYCOUNTRY FIXED EFFECTCOUNTRY FIXED EFFECTSCOUNTRY OF ORIGINCROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONCURRENCYDEMOGRAPHICDEMOGRAPHIC PRESSUREDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONDEPENDENCY RATIODEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISEASESDIVIDENDSDOMESTIC CURRENCYDRIVINGDUMMY VARIABLEDUMMY VARIABLESECONOMETRIC ANALYSISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GEOGRAPHYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMIES OF SCALEEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELASTICITIESELASTICITYELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTIONELDERLYEQUIPMENTEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURESEXPORT PERFORMANCEEXPORTEREXPORTSFERTILITYFERTILITY DECLINEFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFERTILITY TRENDSFINANCIAL MARKETFISCAL EFFORTFIXED ASSETSFORECASTSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTORSFOREIGN MARKETSFREEDOM OF CHOICEGDP PER CAPITAGENOCIDEGLOBAL OUTPUTGLOBALIZATIONGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH MODELSGROWTH PROJECTIONSGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATE OF POPULATIONGROWTH RATESHARMONIZATIONHUMAN CAPITALINCOMEINCOME GROWTHINCOME LEVELINEFFICIENCYINFLATION RATEINFLATION RATESINFRASTRUCTURE COSTSINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE POLICIESINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINFRASTRUCTURE REFORMINFRASTRUCTURESINLAND WATERWAYSINSTRUMENTINTENSIVE INDUSTRIESINTEREST RATEINTEREST RATE VOLATILITIESINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT IN EDUCATIONINVESTMENT PATTERNSINVESTMENT RATESINVESTMENT RESOURCESJOB OPPORTUNITIESLABOR FORCELEVEL OF DEVELOPMENTLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLONG-DISTANCELONGER LIFEMARKET INTEGRATIONMARKET PRICEMARKET SIZEMARKET STRUCTURESMIGRANTMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMIGRATION FLOWSMOBILITYMONETARY POLICIESMONETARY POLICYMONOPOLYMONOPOLY PROVIDERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTSNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURENATIONAL LEVELNETWORK EXTERNALITIESNETWORK EXTERNALITYNOISEOPEN ECONOMIESPARTICULAR COUNTRIESPOLICY DECISIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL PROCESSPOPULATION DIVISIONPORTFOLIOPOTENTIAL INVESTORSPOWER PARITYPRICE FLUCTUATIONSPRICE INCREASESPRIVATE INFRASTRUCTUREPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTION FUNCTIONPUBLIC OPINIONPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYRAILRAIL CONNECTIONSRAILWAYRAILWAY LINESRAILWAYSREAL GDPREGIONAL AGREEMENTSREGIONAL COOPERATIONREGIONAL DUMMIESREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL NETWORKSREGIONAL TRADEREGULATORSREGULATORY AGENCIESREGULATORY AGENCYREGULATORY CAPACITYREGULATORY CAPTUREREGULATORY POLICYREGULATORY REGIMESREGULATORY SYSTEMSREGULATORY TREATMENTRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRISK OF EXPROPRIATIONROADROADSROUTESECONDARY EDUCATIONSERVICE PROVIDERSHARE COEFFICIENTSSOCIAL AFFAIRSSPILLOVERSTOCKSSUNK COSTSTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGETELECOMMUNICATIONSTERTIARY EDUCATIONTOTAL COSTSTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRADE POLICYTRADINGTRADING BLOCSTRAINSTRANSACTION COSTSTRANSITTRANSPORTTRANSPORT CORRIDORSTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT SYSTEMTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSTREATIESTRUETUNNELSUSE OF RESOURCESVALUE ADDEDVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOLATILITIESVULNERABILITYWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORSWORLD MARKETWORLD POPULATIONWTOYOUNG ADULTSWorld Bank10.1596/11916