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What Factors Drive Transport and Logistics Costs in Africa ?

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  • Patrick Plane

    (CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne, FERDI - Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International)

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We analyze the domestic transport and logistics costs of importing a 20-foot container into Africa. We run regressions on a panel of 50 African countries for the period 2006–2014 using the RE-2SLS estimator. Distance from port of arrival to the point of delivery is an important explanatory factor of cost. Time-varying variables yield additional and valuable information. Reducing processing times and adjusting the ratio of the purchasing power parity conversion factor to the market exchange rate would contribute to save on the cost to import.

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  • Patrick Plane, 2021. "What Factors Drive Transport and Logistics Costs in Africa ?," Post-Print hal-03224307, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03224307
    DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejaa019
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    1. Foltz, Jeremy & Li, Kangli, 2023. "Competition and corruption: Highway corruption in West Africa," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
    2. Wim Naudé, 2023. "Late industrialisation and global value chains under platform capitalism," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 50(1), pages 91-119, March.

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