Trade Facilitation and Africa’s Manufactured Goods Export

Authors

  • Oluyele Akinkugbe University of Botswana, Botswana

Abstract

This paper examines the issues of why; even in the light of reductions in tariff and non-tariff barriers in many African countries in recent times, government policies, including restrictive trade and poor customs regulations and administration––issues of trade facilitation––still continue to discourage exporting. A panel data analysis was undertaken to consider a variety of indicators of trade facilitation and test their relative efficacy on trade flows in a multi-country framework. Time series data on 20 selected African countries were pooled in this regard. Our conclusions are that policy-regime improvements and conscious efforts at removing all forms of constraints to the free flow of goods– –reducing trade and customs regulations––from current levels, could have a significant impact on trade expansion in Africa.

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Published

2006-12-01

How to Cite

Akinkugbe, O. (2006). Trade Facilitation and Africa’s Manufactured Goods Export. Journal of Comparative International Management, 9(2). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/JCIM/article/view/5670

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2006)

Section

RESEARCH ARTICLES

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