A Review of Cross-Border Trade in the Horn of Africa

This paper provides a review of existing literature on cross-border trade among the Horn of African countries Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. It offers analysis on key traded products particularly food crops and livestock, a review...

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Main Authors: Brenton, Paul, Edjigu, Habtamu
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/574271634241813677/A-Review-of-Cross-Border-Trade-in-the-Horn-of-Africa
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spelling okr-10986-364962021-11-05T05:10:55Z A Review of Cross-Border Trade in the Horn of Africa Brenton, Paul Edjigu, Habtamu CROSS-BORDER TRADE LIVESTOCK AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY TRADE ROUTE TRADE CORRIDOR VALUE CHAIN REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE This paper provides a review of existing literature on cross-border trade among the Horn of African countries Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. It offers analysis on key traded products particularly food crops and livestock, a review on main trade routes and border marketing centers;the operation of cross-border value chains in the borderlands, including the economic impact on border communities and a summary of commonchallenges facing cross-border trade within the region. The review is augmented with analysis of available data on trade between these countriesfrom UN COMETRADE, FEWS NET and FAO.To put cross-border trade in context, the paper starts by reviewing the available information from officially recorded trade data. 2021-11-04T21:31:21Z 2021-11-04T21:31:21Z 2021-06-21 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/574271634241813677/A-Review-of-Cross-Border-Trade-in-the-Horn-of-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36496 English Horn of Africa Regional Economic Memorandum Background Paper;No. 3 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Country Economic Memorandum Africa Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia
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topic CROSS-BORDER TRADE
LIVESTOCK
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
TRADE ROUTE
TRADE CORRIDOR
VALUE CHAIN
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL TRADE
spellingShingle CROSS-BORDER TRADE
LIVESTOCK
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
TRADE ROUTE
TRADE CORRIDOR
VALUE CHAIN
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL TRADE
Brenton, Paul
Edjigu, Habtamu
A Review of Cross-Border Trade in the Horn of Africa
geographic_facet Africa
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
relation Horn of Africa Regional Economic Memorandum Background Paper;No. 3
description This paper provides a review of existing literature on cross-border trade among the Horn of African countries Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. It offers analysis on key traded products particularly food crops and livestock, a review on main trade routes and border marketing centers;the operation of cross-border value chains in the borderlands, including the economic impact on border communities and a summary of commonchallenges facing cross-border trade within the region. The review is augmented with analysis of available data on trade between these countriesfrom UN COMETRADE, FEWS NET and FAO.To put cross-border trade in context, the paper starts by reviewing the available information from officially recorded trade data.
format Working Paper
author Brenton, Paul
Edjigu, Habtamu
author_facet Brenton, Paul
Edjigu, Habtamu
author_sort Brenton, Paul
title A Review of Cross-Border Trade in the Horn of Africa
title_short A Review of Cross-Border Trade in the Horn of Africa
title_full A Review of Cross-Border Trade in the Horn of Africa
title_fullStr A Review of Cross-Border Trade in the Horn of Africa
title_full_unstemmed A Review of Cross-Border Trade in the Horn of Africa
title_sort review of cross-border trade in the horn of africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/574271634241813677/A-Review-of-Cross-Border-Trade-in-the-Horn-of-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36496
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