Date: 2015
Type: Article
Who profits from trade facilitation initiatives? : implications for African countries
Journal of African trade, 2015, Vol. 2, No. 1-2, pp. 51-70[Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics]
HOEKMAN, Bernard M., SHEPHERD, Ben, Who profits from trade facilitation initiatives? : implications for African countries, Journal of African trade, 2015, Vol. 2, No. 1-2, pp. 51-70[Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/39055
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Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from measures to facilitate trade — reduce trade costs — for African countries in particular. However, concerns have been expressed by policymakers regarding the distribution of the benefits and costs of trade facilitation. We use firm-level data for a large number of developing countries, in Africa and the rest of the world, to assess the claims that it will be mostly large firms that benefit from trade facilitation and that trade facilitation may result in a deterioration of the trade balance. We find no evidence for either argument. Our results suggest that trade facilitation can be beneficial in a range of countries, including those that are primarily involved in value chains as suppliers.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/39055
Full-text via DOI: 10.1016/j.joat.2015.08.001
ISSN: 2214-8515; 2214-8523
Series/Number: [Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]
Other topic(s): Trade, investment and international cooperation Economic development
Initial version: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/27519
Version: Published version of EUI RSCAS WP 2013/49 Global Governance Programme-55
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