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Aaditya Mattoo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Landlocked or policy locked how services trade protection deepens economic isolation
2012Co-Authors: Ingo Borchert, Batshur Gootiiz, Arti Goswami Grover, Aaditya MattooAbstract: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 and air-transport policies are significantly more restrictive in Landlocked Countries than elsewhere. The phenomenon is most starkly visible in Sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with lower levels of political accountability. This paper finds evidence that these policies lead to more concentrated market structures and more limited access to services than these Countries would otherwise have, even after taking into account the influence of geography and incomes, and the possibility that policy is endogenous. Even moderate liberalization in these sectors could lead to an increase of cellular subscriptions by 7 percentage points and a 20-percent increase in the number of flights. Policies in other Countries, industrial and developing alike, also limit competition in international transport services. Hence,"trade-facilitating"investments under various"aid-for-trade"initiatives are likely to earn a low return unless they are accompanied by meaningful reform in these services sectors.
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Landlocked or Policy Locked? How Services Trade Protection Deepens Economic Isolation - Landlocked or Policy Locked? How Services Trade Protection Deepens Economic Isolation
Policy Research Working Papers, 2012Co-Authors: Ingo Borchert, Batshur Gootiiz, Arti Goswami Grover, Aaditya MattooAbstract: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 and air-transport policies are significantly more restrictive in Landlocked Countries than elsewhere. The phenomenon is most starkly visible in Sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with lower levels of political accountability. This paper finds evidence that these policies lead to more concentrated market structures and more limited access to services than these Countries would otherwise have, even after taking into account the influence of geography and incomes, and the possibility that policy is endogenous. Even moderate liberalization in these sectors could lead to an increase of cellular subscriptions by 7 percentage points and a 20-percent increase in the number of flights. Policies in other Countries, industrial and developing alike, also limit competition in international transport services. Hence,"trade-facilitating"investments under various"aid-for-trade"initiatives are likely to earn a low return unless they are accompanied by meaningful reform in these services sectors.
Ingo Borchert - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Landlocked or policy locked how services trade protection deepens economic isolation
2012Co-Authors: Ingo Borchert, Batshur Gootiiz, Arti Goswami Grover, Aaditya MattooAbstract: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 and air-transport policies are significantly more restrictive in Landlocked Countries than elsewhere. The phenomenon is most starkly visible in Sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with lower levels of political accountability. This paper finds evidence that these policies lead to more concentrated market structures and more limited access to services than these Countries would otherwise have, even after taking into account the influence of geography and incomes, and the possibility that policy is endogenous. Even moderate liberalization in these sectors could lead to an increase of cellular subscriptions by 7 percentage points and a 20-percent increase in the number of flights. Policies in other Countries, industrial and developing alike, also limit competition in international transport services. Hence,"trade-facilitating"investments under various"aid-for-trade"initiatives are likely to earn a low return unless they are accompanied by meaningful reform in these services sectors.
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Landlocked or Policy Locked? How Services Trade Protection Deepens Economic Isolation - Landlocked or Policy Locked? How Services Trade Protection Deepens Economic Isolation
Policy Research Working Papers, 2012Co-Authors: Ingo Borchert, Batshur Gootiiz, Arti Goswami Grover, Aaditya MattooAbstract: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 and air-transport policies are significantly more restrictive in Landlocked Countries than elsewhere. The phenomenon is most starkly visible in Sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with lower levels of political accountability. This paper finds evidence that these policies lead to more concentrated market structures and more limited access to services than these Countries would otherwise have, even after taking into account the influence of geography and incomes, and the possibility that policy is endogenous. Even moderate liberalization in these sectors could lead to an increase of cellular subscriptions by 7 percentage points and a 20-percent increase in the number of flights. Policies in other Countries, industrial and developing alike, also limit competition in international transport services. Hence,"trade-facilitating"investments under various"aid-for-trade"initiatives are likely to earn a low return unless they are accompanied by meaningful reform in these services sectors.
Wim Naudé - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Geography and Development in Africa: Overview and Implications for Regional Cooperation
2020Co-Authors: Wim NaudéAbstract:Geography causes African Countries to experience a ?proximity gap?. To overcome this gap a ?big push? may be needed in infrastructure. The cross-border nature of such infrastructure requires regional cooperation in at least four issues: transport infrastructure, trade facilitation, decentralization and local economic development, and migration. Because incentives for regional cooperation in these aspects may not be symmetrical, commitments made may not be credible. Therefore, transport infrastructure at least should be bound in WTO rules on trade facilitation to provide third party enforcement. Incentives for cooperation could also be improved with transport corridor design and collective peer pressure by Landlocked Countries. Regional cooperation could be supported by the international community with aid, the assurance of full implementation and adherence to international law on the rights of Landlocked Countries to access to the sea, the extension of appropriate trade preferences to African regions and ensuring consistency of international agreements and trade preferences with current regional integration initiatives.
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Overview and Implications for Regional Cooperation
2020Co-Authors: Wim NaudéAbstract:Geography causes African Countries to experience a ‘proximity gap’. To overcome this gap a ‘big push’ may be needed in infrastructure. The cross-border nature of such infrastructure requires regional cooperation in at least four issues: transport infrastructure, trade facilitation, decentralization and local economic development, and migration. Because incentives for regional cooperation in these aspects may not be symmetrical, commitments made may not be credible. Therefore, transport infrastructure at least should be bound in WTO rules on trade facilitation to provide third party enforcement. Incentives for cooperation could also be improved with transport corridor design and collective peer pressure by Landlocked Countries. Regional cooperation could be supported by the international community with aid, the assurance of full implementation and adherence to international law on the rights of Landlocked Countries to access to the sea, the extension of appropriate trade preferences to African regions and ensuring consistency of international agreements and trade preferences with current regional integration initiatives.
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Geography, transport and Africa’s proximity gap
Journal of Transport Geography, 2008Co-Authors: Wim NaudéAbstract:Geography causes African Countries to experience a ‘proximity gap’. To overcome this gap requires regional cooperation in four main areas: transport infrastructure, trade facilitation, decentralization and local economic development, and migration – each with implications for transport. Because incentives for regional cooperation in these aspects may not be symmetrical, commitments made may not be credible. Therefore, transport infrastructure at least should be bound in World Trade Organisation rules on trade facilitation to provide third party enforcement. Incentives for cooperation could also be improved with transport corridor design and collective peer pressure by Landlocked Countries. Regional cooperation could be supported by the international community with aid, the assurance of full implementation and adherence to international law on the rights of Landlocked Countries to transport to the sea, the extension of appropriate trade preferences to African regions and ensuring consistency of international agreements and trade preferences with current regional integration initiatives.
Batshur Gootiiz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Landlocked or policy locked how services trade protection deepens economic isolation
2012Co-Authors: Ingo Borchert, Batshur Gootiiz, Arti Goswami Grover, Aaditya MattooAbstract: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 and air-transport policies are significantly more restrictive in Landlocked Countries than elsewhere. The phenomenon is most starkly visible in Sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with lower levels of political accountability. This paper finds evidence that these policies lead to more concentrated market structures and more limited access to services than these Countries would otherwise have, even after taking into account the influence of geography and incomes, and the possibility that policy is endogenous. Even moderate liberalization in these sectors could lead to an increase of cellular subscriptions by 7 percentage points and a 20-percent increase in the number of flights. Policies in other Countries, industrial and developing alike, also limit competition in international transport services. Hence,"trade-facilitating"investments under various"aid-for-trade"initiatives are likely to earn a low return unless they are accompanied by meaningful reform in these services sectors.
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Landlocked or Policy Locked? How Services Trade Protection Deepens Economic Isolation - Landlocked or Policy Locked? How Services Trade Protection Deepens Economic Isolation
Policy Research Working Papers, 2012Co-Authors: Ingo Borchert, Batshur Gootiiz, Arti Goswami Grover, Aaditya MattooAbstract: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 and air-transport policies are significantly more restrictive in Landlocked Countries than elsewhere. The phenomenon is most starkly visible in Sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with lower levels of political accountability. This paper finds evidence that these policies lead to more concentrated market structures and more limited access to services than these Countries would otherwise have, even after taking into account the influence of geography and incomes, and the possibility that policy is endogenous. Even moderate liberalization in these sectors could lead to an increase of cellular subscriptions by 7 percentage points and a 20-percent increase in the number of flights. Policies in other Countries, industrial and developing alike, also limit competition in international transport services. Hence,"trade-facilitating"investments under various"aid-for-trade"initiatives are likely to earn a low return unless they are accompanied by meaningful reform in these services sectors.
Arti Goswami Grover - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Landlocked or policy locked how services trade protection deepens economic isolation
2012Co-Authors: Ingo Borchert, Batshur Gootiiz, Arti Goswami Grover, Aaditya MattooAbstract: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 and air-transport policies are significantly more restrictive in Landlocked Countries than elsewhere. The phenomenon is most starkly visible in Sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with lower levels of political accountability. This paper finds evidence that these policies lead to more concentrated market structures and more limited access to services than these Countries would otherwise have, even after taking into account the influence of geography and incomes, and the possibility that policy is endogenous. Even moderate liberalization in these sectors could lead to an increase of cellular subscriptions by 7 percentage points and a 20-percent increase in the number of flights. Policies in other Countries, industrial and developing alike, also limit competition in international transport services. Hence,"trade-facilitating"investments under various"aid-for-trade"initiatives are likely to earn a low return unless they are accompanied by meaningful reform in these services sectors.
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Landlocked or Policy Locked? How Services Trade Protection Deepens Economic Isolation - Landlocked or Policy Locked? How Services Trade Protection Deepens Economic Isolation
Policy Research Working Papers, 2012Co-Authors: Ingo Borchert, Batshur Gootiiz, Arti Goswami Grover, Aaditya MattooAbstract: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 and air-transport policies are significantly more restrictive in Landlocked Countries than elsewhere. The phenomenon is most starkly visible in Sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with lower levels of political accountability. This paper finds evidence that these policies lead to more concentrated market structures and more limited access to services than these Countries would otherwise have, even after taking into account the influence of geography and incomes, and the possibility that policy is endogenous. Even moderate liberalization in these sectors could lead to an increase of cellular subscriptions by 7 percentage points and a 20-percent increase in the number of flights. Policies in other Countries, industrial and developing alike, also limit competition in international transport services. Hence,"trade-facilitating"investments under various"aid-for-trade"initiatives are likely to earn a low return unless they are accompanied by meaningful reform in these services sectors.
