Poverty and shared prosperity implications of deep integration in Eastern and Southern Africa (English)

Evidence indicates that trade costs are a much more substantial barrier to trade than tariffs are, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper decomposes trade costs into: (i) trade facilitation, (ii) non-tariff barriers, and (iii) the costs of business services. The paper assesses the poverty and shared prosperity impacts of deep integration to reduce these three types of trade costs in: (i) the East African Customs Union–Common Market of East and...

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Balistreri,Edward Jay;

Maliszewska,Maryla;

Osorio-Rodarte,Israel;

Tarr,David;

Yonezawa,Hidemichi;
Document Date
2016/05/04
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7660
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2016/05/04
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Poverty and shared prosperity implications of deep integration in Eastern and Southern Africa
Keywords
capital stock

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Balistreri,Edward Jay; Maliszewska,Maryla; Osorio-Rodarte,Israel; Tarr,David; Yonezawa,Hidemichi.

Poverty and shared prosperity implications of deep integration in Eastern and Southern Africa (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7660 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/905551468180262500

Poverty and shared prosperity implications of deep integration in Eastern and Southern Africa (English)

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