Economic integration of the African continent rests on two pillars: the ratification of an ambitious trade agreement and massive investment in transportation infrastructure. Leveraging a newly created city-level database on African exporters’ transport times, transport route optimization and general equilibrium modeling of international trade, the paper quantifies the impact of greater trade and transport integration in Africa. A pan-African agreement...
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2023/11/16
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS10609
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2023/11/16
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Trade and Infrastructure Integration in Africa
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Fontagné,Lionel; Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria; Murray,Siobhan; Ruta,Michele; Santoni,Gianluca.
Trade and Infrastructure Integration in Africa (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10609 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099424311162313828