Cross-Border Initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa : Regional Integration by Emergence
Over the past few decades Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have tried various arrangements to promote economic integration. Most of these arrangements have focused on promoting greater intra-regional trade. Nevertheless, despite some increase in...
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okr-10986-98342021-04-23T14:02:47Z Cross-Border Initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa : Regional Integration by Emergence Gorjestani, Nicolas CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT CROSS-BORDER FLOWS CUSTOMS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC REFORM EXCHANGE SYSTEM EXPORT BIAS FLOW OF INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREE TRADE FREER TRADE GLOBAL MARKETS GOOD GOVERNANCE HARMONIZATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT FLOWS JUDICIAL REFORMS LIBERALIZATION LOWERING TRADE MARKET INTEGRATION NON-TARIFF BARRIERS PEER PRESSURE POLITICAL STABILITY POTENTIAL BENEFITS PRIVATIZATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MARKET REGIONAL TRADE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RULES OF ORIGIN SMALL ECONOMIES TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF REFORM TARIFF REGIMES TARIFF STRUCTURE TAX TAX REFORM TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE REFORM TRADE REGIMES TREATY TREATY OBLIGATIONS WELFARE GAINS Over the past few decades Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have tried various arrangements to promote economic integration. Most of these arrangements have focused on promoting greater intra-regional trade. Nevertheless, despite some increase in intra-regional trade in some of the groupings (e.g., COMESA, SADC and UEMOA), overall intra-regional trade in SSA is less than 10 percent of the region's total trade. In the past decade, some of the arrangements have also started to focus on promoting greater intra-regional investment flows (e.g., UEMOA, COMESA). The experience to date has brought out two key issues that are likely to shape the debate over the integration approaches in SSA over the next decade. These are: a choice between "integration by design" and "integration by emergence"; and the relative importance given to the promotion of intra-regional trade and investment. This article presents a synthesis of the issues as well as the experience in dealing with these issues under the Cross Border Initiative (CBI) in Eastern and Southern Africa and Indian Ocean countries. 2012-08-13T09:39:28Z 2012-08-13T09:39:28Z 2000-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/09/12356864/cross-border-initiative-eastern-southern-africa-regional-integration-emergence http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9834 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 166 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa |
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CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT CROSS-BORDER FLOWS CUSTOMS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC REFORM EXCHANGE SYSTEM EXPORT BIAS FLOW OF INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREE TRADE FREER TRADE GLOBAL MARKETS GOOD GOVERNANCE HARMONIZATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT FLOWS JUDICIAL REFORMS LIBERALIZATION LOWERING TRADE MARKET INTEGRATION NON-TARIFF BARRIERS PEER PRESSURE POLITICAL STABILITY POTENTIAL BENEFITS PRIVATIZATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MARKET REGIONAL TRADE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RULES OF ORIGIN SMALL ECONOMIES TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF REFORM TARIFF REGIMES TARIFF STRUCTURE TAX TAX REFORM TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE REFORM TRADE REGIMES TREATY TREATY OBLIGATIONS WELFARE GAINS |
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CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT CROSS-BORDER FLOWS CUSTOMS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC REFORM EXCHANGE SYSTEM EXPORT BIAS FLOW OF INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREE TRADE FREER TRADE GLOBAL MARKETS GOOD GOVERNANCE HARMONIZATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT FLOWS JUDICIAL REFORMS LIBERALIZATION LOWERING TRADE MARKET INTEGRATION NON-TARIFF BARRIERS PEER PRESSURE POLITICAL STABILITY POTENTIAL BENEFITS PRIVATIZATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MARKET REGIONAL TRADE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RULES OF ORIGIN SMALL ECONOMIES TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF REFORM TARIFF REGIMES TARIFF STRUCTURE TAX TAX REFORM TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE REFORM TRADE REGIMES TREATY TREATY OBLIGATIONS WELFARE GAINS Gorjestani, Nicolas Cross-Border Initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa : Regional Integration by Emergence |
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Over the past few decades Sub-Saharan
African (SSA) countries have tried various arrangements to
promote economic integration. Most of these arrangements
have focused on promoting greater intra-regional trade.
Nevertheless, despite some increase in intra-regional trade
in some of the groupings (e.g., COMESA, SADC and UEMOA),
overall intra-regional trade in SSA is less than 10 percent
of the region's total trade. In the past decade, some
of the arrangements have also started to focus on promoting
greater intra-regional investment flows (e.g., UEMOA,
COMESA). The experience to date has brought out two key
issues that are likely to shape the debate over the
integration approaches in SSA over the next decade. These
are: a choice between "integration by design" and
"integration by emergence"; and the relative
importance given to the promotion of intra-regional trade
and investment. This article presents a synthesis of the
issues as well as the experience in dealing with these
issues under the Cross Border Initiative (CBI) in Eastern
and Southern Africa and Indian Ocean countries. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Gorjestani, Nicolas |
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Gorjestani, Nicolas |
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Gorjestani, Nicolas |
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Cross-Border Initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa : Regional Integration by Emergence |
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Cross-Border Initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa : Regional Integration by Emergence |
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Cross-Border Initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa : Regional Integration by Emergence |
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Cross-Border Initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa : Regional Integration by Emergence |
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Cross-Border Initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa : Regional Integration by Emergence |
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cross-border initiative in eastern and southern africa : regional integration by emergence |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/09/12356864/cross-border-initiative-eastern-southern-africa-regional-integration-emergence http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9834 |
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