What Constrains Africa's Exports?

This paper examines the effects of transit, documentation, and ports and customs delays on Africa s exports. The authors find that transit delays have the most economically and statically significant effect on exports. A one-day reduction in inlan...

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Main Authors:	Freund, Caroline, Rocha, Nadia
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCIDENTS CARRIAGE COMMODITIES CONGESTION CONTAINERS CROSSING CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC RESEARCH EXPORT DOCUMENTS EXPORT MARKET EXPORT PROCEDURES EXPORTS FLEETS FORWARDING FREIGHT GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HANDLING INLAND TRANSPORT INSPECTION LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LOADING MARGINAL VALUE PORT AUTHORITIES PORTS POSITIVE EFFECTS PREFERENTIAL ACCESS ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD SYSTEMS ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS SHIPPING SHIPPING COSTS TARIFF REDUCTIONS TAX TRADE BARRIER TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAFFIC TRAINS TRANSIT TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSIT TIMES TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL COSTS TRAVEL DISTANCE TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES VEHICLES WAITING TIME WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11692475/constrains-africas-exports http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19862

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spelling	okr-10986-198622021-04-23T14:03:52Z What Constrains Africa's Exports? Freund, Caroline Rocha, Nadia ACCIDENTS CARRIAGE COMMODITIES CONGESTION CONTAINERS CROSSING CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC RESEARCH EXPORT DOCUMENTS EXPORT MARKET EXPORT PROCEDURES EXPORTS FLEETS FORWARDING FREIGHT GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HANDLING INLAND TRANSPORT INSPECTION LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LOADING MARGINAL VALUE PORT AUTHORITIES PORTS POSITIVE EFFECTS PREFERENTIAL ACCESS ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD SYSTEMS ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS SHIPPING SHIPPING COSTS TARIFF REDUCTIONS TAX TRADE BARRIER TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAFFIC TRAINS TRANSIT TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSIT TIMES TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL COSTS TRAVEL DISTANCE TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES VEHICLES WAITING TIME WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION This paper examines the effects of transit, documentation, and ports and customs delays on Africa s exports. The authors find that transit delays have the most economically and statically significant effect on exports. A one-day reduction in inland travel times leads to a 7 percent increase in exports. Put another way, a one-day reduction in inland travel times translates to a 1.5 percentage point decrease in all importing-country tariffs. By contrast, longer delays in the other areas have a far smaller impact on trade. The analysis controls for the possibility that greater trade leads to shorter delays in three ways. First, it examines the effect of trade times on exports of new products. Second, it evaluates the effect of delays in a transit country on the exports of landlocked countries. Third, it examines whether delays affect time-sensitive goods relatively more. The authors show that large transit delays are relatively more harmful because of high within-country variation. 2014-08-29T17:21:15Z 2014-08-29T17:21:15Z 2010-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11692475/constrains-africas-exports http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19862 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 5184 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Africa
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topic	ACCIDENTS CARRIAGE COMMODITIES CONGESTION CONTAINERS CROSSING CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC RESEARCH EXPORT DOCUMENTS EXPORT MARKET EXPORT PROCEDURES EXPORTS FLEETS FORWARDING FREIGHT GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HANDLING INLAND TRANSPORT INSPECTION LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LOADING MARGINAL VALUE PORT AUTHORITIES PORTS POSITIVE EFFECTS PREFERENTIAL ACCESS ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD SYSTEMS ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS SHIPPING SHIPPING COSTS TARIFF REDUCTIONS TAX TRADE BARRIER TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAFFIC TRAINS TRANSIT TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSIT TIMES TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL COSTS TRAVEL DISTANCE TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES VEHICLES WAITING TIME WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle	ACCIDENTS CARRIAGE COMMODITIES CONGESTION CONTAINERS CROSSING CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC RESEARCH EXPORT DOCUMENTS EXPORT MARKET EXPORT PROCEDURES EXPORTS FLEETS FORWARDING FREIGHT GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HANDLING INLAND TRANSPORT INSPECTION LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LOADING MARGINAL VALUE PORT AUTHORITIES PORTS POSITIVE EFFECTS PREFERENTIAL ACCESS ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD SYSTEMS ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS SHIPPING SHIPPING COSTS TARIFF REDUCTIONS TAX TRADE BARRIER TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAFFIC TRAINS TRANSIT TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSIT TIMES TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL COSTS TRAVEL DISTANCE TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES VEHICLES WAITING TIME WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Freund, Caroline Rocha, Nadia What Constrains Africa's Exports?
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description	This paper examines the effects of transit, documentation, and ports and customs delays on Africa s exports. The authors find that transit delays have the most economically and statically significant effect on exports. A one-day reduction in inland travel times leads to a 7 percent increase in exports. Put another way, a one-day reduction in inland travel times translates to a 1.5 percentage point decrease in all importing-country tariffs. By contrast, longer delays in the other areas have a far smaller impact on trade. The analysis controls for the possibility that greater trade leads to shorter delays in three ways. First, it examines the effect of trade times on exports of new products. Second, it evaluates the effect of delays in a transit country on the exports of landlocked countries. Third, it examines whether delays affect time-sensitive goods relatively more. The authors show that large transit delays are relatively more harmful because of high within-country variation.
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author	Freund, Caroline Rocha, Nadia
author_facet	Freund, Caroline Rocha, Nadia
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title	What Constrains Africa's Exports?
title_short	What Constrains Africa's Exports?
title_full	What Constrains Africa's Exports?
title_fullStr	What Constrains Africa's Exports?
title_full_unstemmed	What Constrains Africa's Exports?
title_sort	what constrains africa's exports?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11692475/constrains-africas-exports http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19862
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