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Harry G. Broadman - Africa\'s Silk Road China and India\'s New Economic Frontier (2007, World Bank Publications) - libgen.li
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What Determines Bilateral African-Asian Trade Flows Relative Roles of
”At-the-Border,” “Behind-the-Border,” and “Between-the-Border” Factors
All merchandise Manufactured trade trade
Exports from Imports to Exports from Imports to
Indicator
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
At-the-border factors
Importer trade testrictiveness n.s.
n.s.
–
n.s.
Regional trade agreement
+
+
+
n.s.
Preferential market access n.s.
n.s.
+
n.s.
Between-the-border factors
Customs procedure—exporter
–
n.s.
–
n.s.
Customs procedure—importer
+
n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
Internet access—exporter
+
+
+
+
Internet access—importer n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
Port quality—exporter
–
+
–
+
Port quality—importer
+
+
+
+
Behind-the-border factors
Domestic business procedure—exporter
–
n.s.
–
n.s.
Power infrastructure quality—exporter n.s.
n.s.
+
n.s.
Source: Authors calculations based on 2002–04 average figures. See chapter 2 for details.
Note: Only the signs of significant coefficients are shown (level of significance above 10 percent. “n.s.” represents a coefficient not statistically significant.
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AFRICA
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equal to or even greater than those of formal at-the-border policies. For example, it is estimated that a 10 percent reduction in domestic barriers to new business startups or a 10 percent improvement in domestic electric power service would increase Africa’s manufactured exports by about percent or 15 percent respectively. We now turn to examine in detail the overall impacts of these various factors on African-Asian trade and investment.

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