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Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557759429.084
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
Since the early 1990s, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made significant progress in opening their economies to external competition through trade and currency liberalization. This paper analyzes trade and...
I Overview »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
Since the early 1990s, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made significant progress in opening their economies to external competition through trade and exchange liberalization, often in...
II Eastern and Southern Africa: Broad Characteristics of the Region »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
The 22 eastern and southern African countries covered in this study vary considerably in population, size, and economic profile (Table 2.1). Population size varies from fewer than 80,000 people...
III Trade Liberalization by ESA Countries During the 1990s »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
Unilateral Liberalization in Goods In the early 1990s, reflecting the inward-looking development policies adopted in previous decades, the trade and exchange regimes of most countrie...
IV Regional Integration »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
Preferential Liberalization in Goods During the 1990s, in addition to the Cross-Border Initiative, countries in eastern and southern Africa embarked on a number of bilateral and regi...
V The External Environment and Trade Developments »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
External Environment ESA countries faced changes in their external environment in the 1990s, caused by the increasing trend toward globalization and worldwide trade liberalization, m...
VI Macroeconomic Aspects of Trade Liberalization »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
This section deals with two questions: whether initial macroeconomic conditions influenced the extent of trade liberalization during the 1990s, and whether trade liberalization was associated in...
VII Trade Policy Issues Ahead »
Source: Trade and Trade Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759429
Keywords: trade liberalization, monopoly, trade taxes, export taxes, export performance
In coming years, ESA countries will be affected by the ongoing trend of trade liberalization at the regional level (Table 7.1). The EU-South Africa free trade agreement (EU-SA FTA) will also hav...
The Caribbean: Enhancing Economic Integration »
Source: The Caribbean : Enhancing Economic Integration
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Sanjaya Panth , Paul Cashin , and W. Bauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 October 2008
ISBN: 9781589067936
Keywords: tax incentives, fdi, preference erosion, trade preferences, exporting countries
The Caribbean has made substantial progress in recent years in implementing economic reforms, both at the national and regional level. The Caribbean: Enhancing Economic Integration examines the product of the effor...
CHAPTER 1: Introduction »
Source: The Caribbean : Enhancing Economic Integration
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Sanjaya Panth , Paul Cashin , and W. Bauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 October 2008
ISBN: 9781589067936
Keywords: tax incentives, fdi, preference erosion, trade preferences, exporting countries
This volume explores the policy implications for the Caribbean region of some of the forces of globalization. The Caribbean’s historically very open economies have achieved relative...