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Facilitating trade facilitation with roads: The case of agricultural products in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lidberg, Jacob LU and Lindkvist, Marcus LU (2018) NEKH02 20172
Department of Economics
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the combined effect of infrastructure and trade facilitation may enhance trade in agricultural products in Sub-Saharan Africa. Due to the widely spread poverty in this region, trade in agricultural products are of specific importance since it may help to secure food supply. Estimates show that enhanced trade facilitation and infrastructure have significant positive effects on imports of agricultural goods in the intra-Sub- Saharan African trade. However, the estimations regarding the marginal effect of infrastructure on trade facilitation are not in line with the theoretical expectations of the variable. The estimates are done using a gravity model specified to estimate the relationship... (More)
The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the combined effect of infrastructure and trade facilitation may enhance trade in agricultural products in Sub-Saharan Africa. Due to the widely spread poverty in this region, trade in agricultural products are of specific importance since it may help to secure food supply. Estimates show that enhanced trade facilitation and infrastructure have significant positive effects on imports of agricultural goods in the intra-Sub- Saharan African trade. However, the estimations regarding the marginal effect of infrastructure on trade facilitation are not in line with the theoretical expectations of the variable. The estimates are done using a gravity model specified to estimate the relationship between infrastructure and trade facilitation. The dataset consist of 29 countries over a time period of nine years. (Less)
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author
Lidberg, Jacob LU and Lindkvist, Marcus LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH02 20172
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Trade facilitation, Infrastructure, Agricultural products, Sub-Saharan Africa, Food security
language
English
id
8932441
date added to LUP
2018-02-05 09:02:55
date last changed
2018-02-05 09:02:55
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the combined effect of infrastructure and trade facilitation may enhance trade in agricultural products in Sub-Saharan Africa. Due to the widely spread poverty in this region, trade in agricultural products are of specific importance since it may help to secure food supply. Estimates show that enhanced trade facilitation and infrastructure have significant positive effects on imports of agricultural goods in the intra-Sub- Saharan African trade. However, the estimations regarding the marginal effect of infrastructure on trade facilitation are not in line with the theoretical expectations of the variable. The estimates are done using a gravity model specified to estimate the relationship between infrastructure and trade facilitation. The dataset consist of 29 countries over a time period of nine years.}},
  author       = {{Lidberg, Jacob and Lindkvist, Marcus}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Facilitating trade facilitation with roads: The case of agricultural products in Sub-Saharan Africa}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}