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scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435379
scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426539
scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115722
This paper examines the impact of trade facilitation on intra-African trade. The authors examine the role of trade … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116508
improved trade facilitation could bring huge gain as a large part of Indo-Pacific trade has remained unrealized. The trade … transaction cost is one of the major trading barriers prohibiting the growth of Indo-Pacific intra-regional trade. The study … reinforces that improvement in infrastructure and connectivity that leads to less trade transportation costs should be a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013288322
improved trade facilitation could bring huge gain as a large part of Indo-Pacific trade has remained unrealized. The trade … transaction cost is one of the major trading barriers prohibiting the growth of Indo-Pacific intra-regional trade. The study … reinforces that improvement in infrastructure and connectivity that leads to less trade transportation costs should be a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256640
As a landlocked country in East Africa, Uganda faces two major disadvantages concerning access to foreign markets. It … markets by negotiating trade barrier reductions on a preferential or multilateral basis. These trade barrier-related aspects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543041
This paper reviews the trade policy situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) and identifies a number of key … issues and challenges for the country. The focus of the study is thereby on how trade taxes and quantitative restrictions … affect the goods sector. The analysis falls into three parts. First, the state of domestic trade policy is described, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008526978
Nigeria’s trade policy is at a crucial turning point. Historically, the country has had a very restrictive import … reduction strategy, Nigeria identified deeper trade integration as a means to foster economic growth and alleviate poverty …. Border tariffs are being reduced, trade regulations are under review, and ambitious modernization programs for customs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534241
Over the past two decades, Tanzania has embarked on a marked liberalization of its trade regime. The Government wants … higher economic efficiency, productivity and international competitiveness. This study reviews the trade policy situation in … of domestic trade policy, examines regional integration efforts, and identifies priorities for the attention of policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602745