Njinkeu, DominiqueWilson, John S.Fosso, Bruno Powo2012-05-212012-05-212008-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6297This paper examines the impact of trade facilitation on intra-African trade. The authors examine the role of trade facilitation reforms, such as increased port efficiency, improved customs, and regulatory environments, and upgrading services infrastructure on trade between African countries. They also consider how regional trade agreements relate to intra-African trade flows. Using trade data from 2003 to 2004, they find that improvement in ports and services infrastructure promise relatively more expansion in intra-African trade than other measures. They also show that, almost all regional trade agreements have a positive effect on trade flows.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE VALUEAD VALOREMADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURESADVERSE EFFECTAFFECTING IMPORTSAIMAIR TRANSPORTAPPLIED TARIFFAPPROPRIATE AUTHORITIESBENEFITS OF TRADEBENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATIONBILATERAL NEGOTIATIONSBILATERAL TRADEBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTCAPACITY BUILDINGCOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCOMMON MARKETCOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCOUNTRY OF ORIGINCURRENCYCURRENCY UNIONCURRENCY UNIONSCUSTOMSCUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONCUSTOMS OFFICIALSCUSTOMS PROCEDURESCUSTOMS REGULATIONSCUSTOMS UNIONDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSECONOMETRIC ANALYSISECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESSECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIC RESEARCHELASTICITYELASTICITY OF TRADEEUROPEAN UNIONEXPORT GROWTHEXPORT PERFORMANCEEXPORT PERMITSEXPORT PRICESEXPORT SUPPLYEXPORTERSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTMENTFREE MOVEMENT OF GOODSFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AGREEMENTGATTGDPGDP DEFLATORGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELGLOBAL COMPETITIVENESSGLOBAL MARKETPLACEGLOBAL TRADEGLOBAL TRADE ANALYSISGOODS IN TRANSITGRAVITY EQUATIONGRAVITY MODELGRAVITY MODELSIMPACT OF TRADEIMPORT DATAIMPORTING COUNTRYINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCEINTERNATIONAL ECONOMICSINTERNATIONAL LAWYERSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVENTORIESLANDLOCKED COUNTRIESMANUFACTURINGMARKET SIZENATIONAL ECONOMYNATIONAL INCOMENATIONAL INDUSTRYOPPORTUNITY COSTSPOLICY RESEARCHPORT INFRASTRUCTUREPREFERENTIAL TRADEPREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTSPRICE INDEXPRODUCT DIFFERENTIATIONPROPERTY RIGHTSREGIONAL AGREEMENTSREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTSREGIONAL TRADEREGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTSREGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTSSAFETY STANDARDSSHARE OF WORLD EXPORTSSHIPPINGSHIPPING COSTSTARIFF BARRIERSTARIFF LINETARIFF RATETARIFF RATESTAX BASETECHNICAL ASSISTANCETELECOMMUNICATIONSTRADE AGREEMENTTRADE BLOCSTRADE COSTSTRADE CREATIONTRADE DATATRADE DIVERSIONTRADE EFFECTTRADE EXPANSIONTRADE FACILITATIONTRADE FLOW DATATRADE FLOWSTRADE FRICTIONSTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE LOGISTICSTRADE NEGOTIATIONSTRADE PATTERNSTRADE POLICYTRADE REGULATIONSTRADE VALUESTRADE VOLUMESTRADING BLOCSTRAINSTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT SERVICESVOLUME OF TRADEWELFARE GAINSWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4790