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The marginalization of Africa in world trade:

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  • Bora, Saswati
  • Bouet, Antoine
  • Roy, Devesh

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"In recent years, trade in Africa has assumed greater importance as a means of alleviating poverty, especially since the initiation of the Doha Round for development. At the same time, skepticism regarding the effectiveness of foreign aid has grown (Easterly 2006). Trade and aid have often been viewed as interchangeable, but “aid for trade” has recently gained prominence, with the result that the two factors are more often treated as complementary. Proponents of “aid for trade” argue that the capacity of developing countries to take advantage of any gains in market access through the Doha Round is hampered by a plethora of supply-side bottlenecks and costs, administrative constraints, and poor institutions. Aid for trade, thus, refers to additional aid to tackle trade-related constraints and adjustment costs in developing countries (Evenett 2005).1 Views differ as to what this package should entail, but many developing countries are in favor of building supplycapacity and trade-related infrastructure (IATP 2006)." from text

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  • Bora, Saswati & Bouet, Antoine & Roy, Devesh, 2007. "The marginalization of Africa in world trade:," Research briefs 7, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:resbrf:7
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    1. Lorz, Oliver, 2020. "Investment in trade facilitating infrastructure: A political-economy analysis," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    2. Villoria, Nelson, 2008. "Estimation of Missing Intra-African Trade," Conference papers 331741, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    3. Horridge, Mark & Laborde, David, 2008. "TASTE a program to adapt detailed trade and tariff data to GTAP-related purposes," Conference papers 331745, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    4. Douillet, Mathilde, 2011. "Which trade integration scheme can best help Sub-Saharan Africa develop and export more processed agricultural goods?:," IFPRI discussion papers 1119, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    5. Badassa Tadasse & Bichaka Fayissa, 2009. "Determinants of the Allocation of US Aid forTrade," Working Papers 200901, Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Economics and Finance.
    6. Hewitt, Joanna, 2008. "Impact evaluation of research by the International Food Policy Research Institute on agricultural trade liberalization, developing countries, and WTO's Doha negotiations:," Impact assessments 28, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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