Economic integration of the African continent rests on two pillars: the ratification of an ambitious trade agreement and massive investment in transportation infrastructure. Leveraging a newly created city-level database on African exporters’ transport times, transport route optimization and general equilibrium modeling of international trade, the paper quantifies the impact of greater trade and transport integration in Africa. A pan-African agreement...
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2023/11/16
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS10609
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1
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2023/11/16
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Disclosed
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Trade and Infrastructure Integration in Africa