Documents et rapports

Official Documents- Financing Agreement for Credit 5997-GW (Closing Package) (anglais)

Africa - West Africa Regional Transport And Transit Facilitation Project (anglais)

Firm inventory behavior in east Africa (anglais)

Firms normally keep certain inventories, including raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods, to operate seamlessly and not to miss possible business opportunities. But inventory is costly, and...

Fifth overall performance study of the GEF final report : at the crossroads for higher impact (anglais)

The Final Report of the Fifth Overall Performance Study (OPS5) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was presented at the May 2014 GEF Council meeting in Cancun. OPS5 is a comprehensive evaluation that...

Corridor transport observatory guidelines (anglais)

The Northern Corridor, connecting East Africa to the World through the port of Mombasa, is one of the oldest corridor authorities in Africa, as it was established in 1985. Throughout its years of existence...

Corridor transport observatory guidelines : Observatoires des transports sur les corridors guide pratique (français)

The Northern Corridor, connecting East Africa to the World through the port of Mombasa, is one of the oldest corridor authorities in Africa, as it was established in 1985. Throughout its years of existence...

Improving trade and transport for landlocked developing countries (anglais)

A ministerial intergovernmental conference in pursuit of these commitments was held in August 2003 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The conference agreed to the Almaty Programme of Action (APoA), calling for joint...

East African Community - Reshaping economic geography of East Africa : from regional to global integration (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (anglais)

Five East African countries Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda have made solid progress on integrating regionally in the East African Community (EAC) since 1999. Such advances are crucial, as...

The impact of demand on cargo dwell time in ports in SSA (anglais)

Long cargo dwell times in ports are a critical issue in Sub-Saharan African countries since they result in slow import processes and are bound to dramatically reduce trade. The main objective of this study...

Landlocked or policy locked ? how services trade protection deepens economic isolation (anglais)

A new cross-country database on services policy reveals a perverse pattern: many landlocked countries restrict trade in the very services that connect them with the rest of the world. On average, telecommunications...

What are the determinants of export success? Analyzing firm-product-destination export survival rates in Lao PDR (anglais)

New analysis of firm-level customs data from the Lao PDR shows that export flows in value terms are dominated by large firms supplying the same products to the same markets from one year to the next. New...

Cameroon - Second Additional Financing for the CEMAC Transport and Transit Facilitation Project : restructuring (Vol. 2 of 2) : Data sheet (anglais)

The development objective of the Second Additional Financing for the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) Transport and Transit Facilitation Project is to facilitate regional trade...

The World Bank economic review 25 (3) (anglais)

This paper is organized in following headings: what constrains Africa's exports?; does the internet reduce corruption? evidence from United States and across countries; do labor statistics depend on how...

What constrains Africa's exports? (anglais)

Africa's share of global exports has dropped by 50 percent over the last three decades. To stem this decline, aid for trade to the region has increased rapidly in recent years. Assistance can target improvements...

Connecting landlocked developing countries to markets : trade corridors in the 21st century (anglais)

The importance of transport corridors for trade and development, including for some of the poorest countries in the world, is widely recognized in this book. A new consensus has also emerged that reducing...

Africa - West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project (APL-1B) (anglais)

Measures to reduce the economic and social impact of high fuel prices (anglais)

High volatility in the world prices of petroleum has been a characteristic feature of the global economy in the last decade. World petroleum prices increased four-fold between 2004 and 2008 and, and following...

Timeliness and contract enforceability in intermediate goods trade (anglais)

This paper shows that the institutional environment and the ability to export on time are sources of comparative advantage as important as factors of production. In particular, the ability to export on...

The cost of being landlocked : logistics costs and supply chain reliability (anglais)

In the last two decades new emphasis has been given to the economic impact of geography, especially on the cost of being landlocked. From a development perspective, understanding the cost of being landlocked...

Ghana leads West Africa in transit reform (anglais)

Cumbersome transit and customs procedures hinder trade and economic development. Ghana has modified several features of its transit system as part of efforts to improve road-based trade in West Africa...