Walkenhorst, Peter2014-01-292014-01-292013-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16658More than 350 Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) are currently in force and more than one-half of global trade is carried out under preferential terms. A strong set of results based indicators can help to illuminate the costs and benefits of policy initiatives and, thus, inform the broader public dialogue on complementary reforms. The following discussion takes stock of the monitoring practices in Africa with respect to regional trade initiatives and evaluates the need for further indicator development. The assessment thereby focuses on the downstream outcomes of existing trade commitments and the measurement of how regional trade policies affect ordinary traders, producers, and consumers. This spotlight on impact-monitoring for the general population also helps to establish whether decision makers have the necessary tools at hand to evaluate the linkages between regional trade arrangements and poverty reduction. This paper is divided into following sections: section one gives background and motivation for the analysis; section two briefly discusses integration monitoring systems and related indicators in general; section three presents an overview of regional trade indicators that are currently used by policy-makers in sub-Saharan Africa; section four surveys the respective monitoring practices in other regions of the world; and section five provides suggestions for indicator development in Africa based on the practices and gaps identified in the earlier parts of the report.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGGREGATE TRADEBARRIERS TO TRADEBENCHMARKBONDBUSINESS ASSOCIATIONSBUSINESS CLIMATECAPITAL FLOWSCARRIERSCHANGES IN TRADECIVIL SOCIETYCOMMON MARKETCOMPETITIONCOMPETITION AUTHORITYCOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMER PRICESCONSUMERSCONSUMPTIONCREDITCROP INSURANCECROSS-BORDER TRADECURRENCYCUSTOMSCUSTOMS CLASSIFICATIONCUSTOMS CLEARANCECUSTOMS CLEARANCE PROCEDURESCUSTOMS PROCEDURESCUSTOMS UNIONDATA AVAILABILITYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISPUTE SETTLEMENTDISTRIBUTIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTENFORCEMENTEUROPEAN UNIONEXCHANGESEXPECTATIONSEXPORT BANSEXPORT MARKETSEXPORT PRODUCTSEXPORT STANDARDSEXPORTERSEXPORTSFOREIGN INVESTMENTFOREIGN OWNERSHIPFOREIGN VALUEFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AREAGDPGLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTSGLOBAL MARKETSGLOBAL TRADEGOODSGOODS IN TRANSITGOVERNANCEGROSS EXPORTSHARMONIZATIONIMPORTSINFLUENCEINFORMATION SYSTEMSINSTITUTION BUILDINGINTEGRATION PROCESSESINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTERESTINTERNAL MARKETINTERNATIONAL MARKETSINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINVENTORIESINVENTORYINVESTMENT AGREEMENTITCLAGSMARGINAL COSTMARKET ACCESSMARKET INTEGRATIONMARKET PRICEMARKET REGULATIONMARKET REGULATIONSMEASUREMENTMULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATIONMUTUAL AGREEMENTSMUTUAL RECOGNITIONMUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTSNATIONAL TREATMENTNON-TARIFF BARRIERSOUTCOMESOUTPUTPAYMENTSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY PRIORITIESPOLITICAL ECONOMYPREFERENTIAL TREATMENTPRICEPRICE CONTROLSPRODUCTIONREGIONAL AGREEMENTSREGIONAL EXCHANGESREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTSREGIONAL LEVELREGIONAL TRADEREGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTSREGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTSREGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATIONREGIONALISMREGULATORSREGULATORY BARRIERSREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTRULES OF ORIGINSAVINGSSECURITYSHARESKILLED LABORSPECIFIC COMMITMENTSSUBSIDIESTARIFFTARIFF LINESTARIFF REDUCTIONTARIFF REDUCTIONSTARIFFSTAXESTELECOMMUNICATIONSTRACK RECORDTRADE AREASTRADE CLASSIFICATIONTRADE COSTSTRADE EXPANSIONTRADE FACILITATIONTRADE FINANCETRADE FLOWSTRADE IMPEDIMENTSTRADE IN SERVICESTRADE INDICATORSTRADE INTEGRATIONTRADE INTENSITYTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE LOGISTICSTRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRADE POLICY REFORMSTRADE PRACTICESTRADE PROTECTIONTRADE REFORMSTRADE REGULATIONSTRADE ROUTESTRADE TRANSACTIONTRADE VOLUMETRADE VOLUMESTRANSACTION COSTSTRANSACTIONS COSTSTRANSPARENCYVALUATIONVALUE ADDEDVALUE OF EXPORTSVARIABLESWORLD MARKETWORLD MARKETSWTOZERO TARIFFSWorld Bank10.1596/16658