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Investment Incentive Schemes for Foreign Investors and OtherFDI-Related PoliciesMany countries compete to attract FDI in the hope that, in addition to capital,
it will bring new technology, marketing techniques, and management skills. It is also expected to create jobs and contribute to the overall com-
TABLE 3.9
Market Protection Trade Restrictiveness Index (TRI)(percent)
Marginal
TRI for Marginal TRI on Over-
TRI of manu-
TRI of agri- all
TRI for
NTB
on factured TRI for NTB on cultural Marginal TRI manu- manu- goods, agri- agri- goods,
Overall
TRI of tariff factured factured tariff
cultural cultural tariff Country
TRI
NTB
only goods goods only products products only
Burkina Faso
13 3
10 10 0.1 9
38 24 Cameroon 1
16 17 1
15 24 Central Afr. Rep 3
17 18 2
16 28 Chad 1
16 15 1
15 23 0
23
Côte d’Ivoire
37 26 11 33 22.9 10 51 38 Equatorial Guinea 0.3 16 15 0
14 24 Ethiopia 1
16 17 1
16 14 Gabon 0.2 17 16 0
16 21 Ghana 4
12 12 1
11 31 17.5 Kenya 1
9 7
0 6
31 Madagascar 1
13 13 1
12 18 Malawi 2
12 12 0
11 26 11.9 Mali 3
10 10 1
9 28 14 Mauritius 6
15 17 3
15 38 24 Mozambique 3
10 9
0 9
29 15 Nigeria 24 23 42 21 21 76 41 Rwanda 1
10 11 1
10 14 Senegal 27 9
26 18 8
63 51 South Africa 1
6 7
1 6
12 Sudan 28 19 47 28 19 49 28.6 Tanzania 28 10 31 23 8
83 59 Uganda 0.1 6
6 0.0 6
11 Zambia 1
10 9
0.0 9
29 12 Zimbabwe 5
14 12 1
12 47 23 SSA simple average 7
13 17 5
12 34 16 EU 8
4 8
5 3
38 32 United States 5
3 7
4 2
22 17 China 6
6 12 6
6 25 India 9
16 20 7
13 65 22 Source Kee, Nicita, and Olarreaga 2006.
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