Market Access, Supplier Access, and Africa's Manufactured Exports : An Analysis of the Role of Geography and Institutions

Market Access, Supplier Access, and Africa's Manufactured Exports : An Analysis of the Role of Geography and Institutions

In a large cross-country sample of manufacturing establishments drawn from 188 cities, average exports per establishment are smaller for African firms than for businesses in other regions. The authors show that this is mainly because, on average, African firms face more adverse economic geography an...

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Main Authors: Elbadawi, Ibrahim, Mengistae, Taye, Zeufack, Albert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGGREGATE EXPORTS
BENCHMARKS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE
CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISON
DEMAND CURVE
DEMAND FUNCTION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DOMESTIC FIRMS
DOMESTIC INDUSTRY
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRIC MODELING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EXOGENOUS SHOCKS
EXPENDITURE
EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
EXPORT MARKET
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPORT ORIENTATION
EXPORT PERFORMANCE
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FACTOR MARKETS
FACTOR PRICES
FACTOR SHARES
FDI
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN MARKET
FOREIGN MARKET ACCESS
FOREIGN MARKETS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
FOREIGN SALES
FOREIGN SUPPLIERS
GDP
GLOBAL SHOCKS
GLOBAL TRADE
GRAVITY EQUATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCREASING RETURNS
INPUT PRICES
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
MANUFACTURED EXPORTS
MANUFACTURING SECTOR
MARGINAL COST
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET DEMAND
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
MEASURE OF TRADE
MIDDLE EAST
NATIONAL ECONOMIES
NATIONAL ECONOMY
NATURAL RESOURCES
NORTH AFRICA
OPEN ECONOMIES
OPENNESS
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PRICE ELASTICITY
PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
PRICE INDEX
PRIVATE SECTOR
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUBSTITUTES
SUPPLIER
TRADE COSTS
TRADE OPENNESS
TRADE VOLUMES
TRANSPORT COSTS
TURNOVER
VALUE OF IMPORTS
WORLD TRADE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6858817/market-access-supplier-access-africas-manufactured-exports-analysis-role-geography-institutions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8420

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6858817/market-access-supplier-access-africas-manufactured-exports-analysis-role-geography-institutions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8420

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