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Regulatory reform for closing Africa's competitiveness gap
Kessides, Ioannis Nicolaos - 2014
Over the past decade, Africa has been experiencing an economic resurgence. Yet, the continent is facing several difficult challenges and many economies of the region continue to be among the least competitive in the world. Africa's competitiveness is adversely affected by: (i) poor regional...
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Competitiveness and diversification of service exports in sub-Saharan Africa : the case of the East African Community
Were, Maureen; Odongo, Maureen - 2019
Growth in service exports has improved countries' per capita incomes, reduced over-reliance on goods exports, and promoted economic diversification. However, the growth has not been uniform across regions and countries. Africa lags behind in service exports. This paper examines the...
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Barriers to entry and the role of African multinational corporations : entrants in intermediate industrial products (inputs into construction)
Nsomba, Grace; Vilakazi, Thando - 2021
Effective competition in the Southern and East African regions requires independent rivals competing across borders and …, this paper links existing literature on competition, barriers to entry, and inclusive regional growth to the experiences of … integration, the development of capabilities, technological investments, and, ultimately, growth and regional competition. …
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Comparative approaches to key issues in the economic regulation of telecommunications markets in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Paelo, Anthea; Robb, Genna - 2020
African Development Community, and how this has been reflected in outcomes in terms of competition, prices, access, and … portability. While regulators in the four countries are generally implementing measures aimed at facilitating competition, the … could be much more effective at stimulating competition. Even finding data and information on regulatory policies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240662
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Competitive dynamics of telecommunications markets in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Robb, Genna; Paelo, Anthea - 2020
suggest that regulation has often been ineffective in facilitating competition in telecommunications markets in SADC. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240672
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The regulation of interconnection and regulatory alignment in the Southern African Development Community
Nsomba, Grace - 2021
approaches across the SADC region to promote competition, lower prices, and innovation. This is done by investigating the … and retail prices can be observed and regulated. Direct consultation between the SACD, regulators, competition agencies …
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Infrastructure and city competitiveness in India
Lall, Somik V.; Wang, Hyoung Gun; Deichmann, Uwe - 2010
Do local improvements in infrastructure provision improve city competitiveness? What public finance mechanisms stimulate local infrastructure supply? And how do local efforts compare with national decisions of placing inter-regional trunk infrastructure? In this paper, we examine how the...
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Dancing with dragons : Chinese import penetration and the performances of manufacturing firms in South Africa
Torreggiani, Sofia; Andreoni, Antonio - 2019
perform better in response to import competition. Our results indicate that rising Chinese import exposure -- not only direct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102992
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Constraints on the performance and competitiveness of Tanzania's manufacturing exports
Misati, Roseline Nyakerario; Ngoka, Kethi - 2021
This study sought to examine the main constraints to manufacturing export competitiveness in Tanzania. Using panel data for the period 1997-2018, the study established that supply-side factors dominate demand-side factors in explaining manufacturing export competitiveness. Specifically, the...
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Structural transformation and international trade : evidence from the China shock
Nedoncelle, Clément; Wolfersberger, Julien - 2023
competition effect where exposure to Chinese imports is largely detrimental to structural transformation. These results hold …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280617