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.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Freund, Caroline,
Rocha, Nadia |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2010-01
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| 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, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11692475/constrains-africas-exports
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19862
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