Iimi, Atsushi2012-06-042012-06-042007-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7019Trade preferences are expected to facilitate global market integration and offer the potential for rapid economic growth and poverty reduction for developing countries. But those preferences do not always guarantee sustainable external competitiveness to beneficiary countries and may risk discouraging their efforts to improve underlying productivity. This paper examines the EU beef import market where several African countries have been granted preferential treatment. The estimation results suggest that profitability improvement achieved by countries under the Cotonou protocol compares unfavorably with the returns to nonbeneficiary countries in recent years. Rather, it shows that public infrastructure, such as paved roads, has an important role in lowering production costs and thus increasing external competitiveness and market shares.CC BY 3.0 IGOABATTOIRSADVERSE EFFECTAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTUREAPPARELARABLE LANDARBITRAGEAVERAGE PRICEBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBEEFBEEF INDUSTRYBEEF PRODUCTIONBILATERAL TRADEBOVINE ANIMALSBRANDBRANDSBSEBUFFALO MEATCATTLECATTLE FARMERSCATTLE INDUSTRYCENTRAL AMERICACOMMODITY PRICESCOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMER CHOICECONSUMER PREFERENCESCONSUMER PRICECONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMERSCOST OF TRANSPORTCOUNTRY OF ORIGINCURRENCYDEMAND ELASTICITYDEMAND FUNCTIONSDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDOMESTIC PRODUCTIONECONOMIC BOOMECONOMIES OF SCALEELASTICITIESELASTICITYENDOGENOUS VARIABLESENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEXCHANGE RATESEXOGENOUS SHOCKSEXPORT COSTSEXPORT MARKETSEXPORT PERFORMANCEEXPORT PRICEEXPORT PRICESEXPORTERSEXPORTSEXTERNAL MARKETSFARMSFEEDSFIXED COSTSFOOD SAFETYFOOD SAFETY MEASURESFOOD SAFETY STANDARDSFREE ACCESSFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AGREEMENTSFREIGHTFREIGHT COSTSFREIGHT TRANSPORTFROZEN MEATGDPGDP PER CAPITAGENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCESGLOBAL MARKETSGLOBAL TRADEGLOBAL TRADE ANALYSISGOAT MEATGRAVITY MODELGROSS VALUEIMPACT OF TRADEIMPORT CONSUMPTIONIMPORT PRICESIMPORT VALUEINCOMEINDUSTRIAL ECONOMIESINEFFICIENCYINFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENTINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURESINTERNATIONAL MARKETINTERNATIONAL TRADELAMBLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK FARMINGLIVESTOCK GRAZINGLIVESTOCK INDUSTRYLIVESTOCK MARKETLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONLIVESTOCK PRODUCTION COSTSLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITYLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSLIVESTOCK SECTORLIVESTOCK SHARELOW TARIFFSMARGINAL COSTMARGINAL COST OF PRODUCTIONMARGINAL PRODUCTIONMARKET ACCESSMARKET INFORMATIONMARKET INTEGRATIONMARKET PRICEMARKET PRICESMARKET SHAREMARKET SHARESMARKET SIZEMARKETINGMEAT PRODUCTIONMERCHANDISEMERCHANDISE EXPORTSMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIESMILLMULTILATERAL TRADEMULTIPLIER EFFECTSMUTTONNATIONAL INCOMEOFFALPIGPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPREFERENTIAL ACCESSPREFERENTIAL SCHEMEPREFERENTIAL TRADEPREFERENTIAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTSPREFERENTIAL TREATMENTPRICE ELASTICITYPRODUCT DIFFERENTIATIONPRODUCTION EFFICIENCYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHRAILWAYSREGIONAL TRADEREGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTSRETAILRETAIL PRICESROADROAD NETWORKROAD QUALITYROADSRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL ROADSSALESSCALE EFFECTSHADOW PRICESLAUGHTERHOUSESSTOCKSSUB-SAHARAN AFRICASUBSTITUTIONSUBSTITUTION EFFECTSUPPLY EQUATIONSSUPPLY FUNCTIONSUPPLY FUNCTIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONSTOTAL MEAT PRODUCTIONTRADE AGREEMENTTRADE AGREEMENTSTRADE COSTSTRADE DATATRADE INTEGRATIONTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE PATTERNSTRADE PREFERENCESTRADE VOLUMESTRANSPORTTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORTATIONUTILITY FUNCTIONVALUATIONVALUE ADDEDVEALWAREHOUSESWHOLESALERSWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4201