Dependence on Sales and Purchase Relations with Government by Country

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AFRICA
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procedures, and nondiscriminatory treatment to domestic and foreign firms alike can bean important reform in minimizing existing distortions in international trade and investment in Africa and in fostering international integration on the continent 5
10 15 20 25 0
10 20 30 40 50
avg. share of sales to government in total sales (%)
avg. number of competitors
Source: World Bank staff.
Note: Each plot represents an individual sector in a country among the four African countries covered by the WBAATI survey. One sector, which has only two firms represented, has not been included.
FIGURE 4.12
Sales to Government and Domestic Market Share
FIGURE 4.13
Top Supplier-Buyer Concentration and Government Sales and Purchase
0 5
10 15 20 25 30
< 5 5–10 10–25 25–50 50–99 100
top customer/supplier share in total sales/purchase
government sales and
purchase (percent)
share of sales to government in total sales (share of purchase from government in total purchase (Source World Bank staff.
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