Newer ways for fewer stays: An economic evaluation of One-stop border posts in Uganda
(2021) NEKN01 20211Department of Economics
- Abstract
- High costs, time delays, inefficiency and complicated border procedures when engaging in cross-border trade hinders competitiveness and economic development in many developing countries, such as Uganda. To try to reduce these obstacles and challenges, Uganda has implemented One-stop border posts, intending to make international trade cheaper, quicker, and simpler. This paper investigates the efficiency of these reforms and more specifically in what way the implementation of One-stop border posts in Uganda has affected cross-border trade flows in relation to traditional border crossings. This is achieved by using a Difference-in Differences framework accounting for two-way fixed effects to analyse cross-border trade flows between Uganda and... (More)
- High costs, time delays, inefficiency and complicated border procedures when engaging in cross-border trade hinders competitiveness and economic development in many developing countries, such as Uganda. To try to reduce these obstacles and challenges, Uganda has implemented One-stop border posts, intending to make international trade cheaper, quicker, and simpler. This paper investigates the efficiency of these reforms and more specifically in what way the implementation of One-stop border posts in Uganda has affected cross-border trade flows in relation to traditional border crossings. This is achieved by using a Difference-in Differences framework accounting for two-way fixed effects to analyse cross-border trade flows between Uganda and its neighbours Kenya and Rwanda. The results show a significant positive effect of a 6.2 percent increase in trade flows obtained from One-stop border posts in relation to traditional border posts. Moreover, the results indicate that most of the effect is accounted for by traditionally time-sensitive products such as food and agricultural products, which have experienced a 22.9 percent increase in trade, while no significant effect is found on other types of products. (Less)
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- author
- Svensson, Kevin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKN01 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Cross-border trade, Difference-in-Differences, One-stop border post, Trade facilitation, Uganda
- language
- English
- id
- 9066966
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- 2022-01-17 09:34:31
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abstract = {{High costs, time delays, inefficiency and complicated border procedures when engaging in cross-border trade hinders competitiveness and economic development in many developing countries, such as Uganda. To try to reduce these obstacles and challenges, Uganda has implemented One-stop border posts, intending to make international trade cheaper, quicker, and simpler. This paper investigates the efficiency of these reforms and more specifically in what way the implementation of One-stop border posts in Uganda has affected cross-border trade flows in relation to traditional border crossings. This is achieved by using a Difference-in Differences framework accounting for two-way fixed effects to analyse cross-border trade flows between Uganda and its neighbours Kenya and Rwanda. The results show a significant positive effect of a 6.2 percent increase in trade flows obtained from One-stop border posts in relation to traditional border posts. Moreover, the results indicate that most of the effect is accounted for by traditionally time-sensitive products such as food and agricultural products, which have experienced a 22.9 percent increase in trade, while no significant effect is found on other types of products.}},
author = {{Svensson, Kevin}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Newer ways for fewer stays: An economic evaluation of One-stop border posts in Uganda}},
year = {{2021}},
}