Economic integration in the lower Congo region : opening the Kinshasa-Brazzaville bottleneck (English)

This working paper assesses cross-border economic integration in the Lower Congo region. It focuses on the Kinshasa-Brazzaville conurbation, which is projected to become Africa's largest urban area by 2025, and is already serving as the gateway to large hinterlands. Despite their size and proximity, formal economic exchanges between the two cities are extremely limited. The volume of recorded passenger travel between Kinshasa and Brazzaville corresponds...

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Brulhart,Marius;

Hoppe,Mombert;
Document Date
2011/12/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5909
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Congo, Republic of, Congo, Democratic Republic of,
Region
Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2011/12/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Economic integration in the lower Congo region : opening the Kinshasa-Brazzaville bottleneck
Keywords
foreign exchange policy

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Brulhart,Marius; Hoppe,Mombert.

Economic integration in the lower Congo region : opening the Kinshasa-Brazzaville bottleneck (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5909 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/655331468025766174

Economic integration in the lower Congo region : opening the Kinshasa-Brazzaville bottleneck (English)

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