Informal Cross Border Trade In Africa How Much Why And What Impact

Author : Bouet, Antoine
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book Informal cross-border trade in Africa: How much? Why? And what impact? written by Bouet, Antoine and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informal cross-border trade (ICBT) represents a prominent phenomenon in Africa. Several studies suggest that for certain products and countries, the value of informal trade may meet or even exceed the value of formal trade. This paper provides a review of existing efforts to measure informal trade. We list 18 initiatives aimed at measuring ICBT in Africa. The paper also summarizes discussions conducted with many stakeholders in Africa between December 2016 and May 2018 regarding the measurement, the determinants, and the implications of ICBT. The methodologies used to measure ICBT in Africa differ widely, but they do confirm that informal trade in Africa is both sizeable and volatile. Both evidence on the determinants of ICBT and discussions with stakeholders suggest that policies should aim to reduce the existing costs associated with formal trade and provide positive incentives for traders and producers to move into the formal economy in order to avoid the loss of economic potential stemming from informal trade.

Author : Antoine Bouët
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Download or read book Informal Cross-border Trade in Africa written by Antoine Bouët and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathryn Pace
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Informal Cross-Border Trade in Africa written by Kathryn Pace and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As ICBT appears to be so large and is heavily linked to food security, economic development, and women’s empowerment, it is important to obtain accurate measurements of this type of trade. More accurate data can improve the statistical measurements of balance of payments and external accounts, improving global trade measurement and modeling, and facilitate the development of more accurate domestic food balance sheets. Overall, measurement of ICBT in Africa can provide a more accurate picture of other aspects related to informal trade, including information on informal labor markets and movement patterns of staple foods during periods of crises. Each of these provides the opportunity for better policymaking using reliable and accurate data.

Author : Bouët, Antoine
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
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Download or read book COVID-19 impact on informal trade: Disruptions to livelihoods and food security in Africa written by Bouët, Antoine and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2021-01-23 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International trade of food and agricultural products plays a major role in ensuring food security and livelihoods across the African continent. Yet formal intracontinental trade data give only a glimpse of trade’s importance for African consumers and producers because—depending on the country and bor-der—up to 99 percent of agricultural trade crosses borders informally.1 In West Africa, for example, an estimated 30 percent of staple foods evade formal customs, and the proportion can be much greater for highly perishable fruits and vegetables. Consequently, formal trade data paint only a limited picture of COVID-19’s disruptive effect on trade within the African continent—and of related nutrition and liveli-hood consequences. To better understand the current and future impacts on African food producers and consumers, we must examine both the magnitude and unique mechanisms of informal cross-bor-der trade (ICBT).

Author : Sam K. Kallungia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Impact of Informal Cross-border Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa written by Sam K. Kallungia and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Nkendah
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789966023681
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Estimating the Informal Cross-border Trade in Central Africa written by Robert Nkendah and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Oliver Morrissey
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781005311
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Trade and Development written by Oliver Morrissey and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely Handbook comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in developing countries, illustrating that it is not trade per se that is important but the context, at the firm, country and regional level, in which trade occurs.

Author : John B. Chirwa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Informal Cross-border Trade on Price, Production, and Inter-COMESA Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa written by John B. Chirwa and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peberdy, Sally
Publisher : Southern African Migration Programme
ISBN 13 : 1920596135
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calibrating Informal Cross-Border Trade in Southern Africa written by Peberdy, Sally and published by Southern African Migration Programme. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study demonstrates that informal cross-border is a complex phenomenon and not uniform across the region, or even through border posts of the same country. However, the overall volume of trade, duties paid and VAT foregone, as well as the types of goods and where they are produced, indicate that this sector of regional trade should be given much greater attention and support by governments of the region as well as regional organizations such as the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), SADC and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU).

Author : Abel Chikanda
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1920596313
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa written by Abel Chikanda and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zimbabwe has witnessed the rapid expansion of informal cross-border trading (ICBT) with neighbouring countries over the past two decades. Beginning in the mid-1990s when the country embarked on its Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP), a large number of people were forced into informal employment through worsening economic conditions and the decline in formal sector jobs. The countrys post-2000 economic col-lapse resulted in the closure of many industries and created market opportunities for the further expansion of ICBT. This report, part of SAMPs Growing Informal Cities series, sought to provide a current picture of ICBT in Zimbabwe by interviewing a sample of 514 Harare-based informal entrepreneurs involved in cross-border trading with South Africa.