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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2016/05/04
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS7660
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2016/05/04
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Disclosed
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Poverty and shared prosperity implications of deep integration in Eastern and Southern Africa
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