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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Trade facilitation"”.
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Trade facilitation in the Southern African development community: the potential contribution of the world trade organization's trade facilitation agreement
This PhD thesis studies the facilitation of trade in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It considers the fact that there have been several regional and international agreements that the SADC countries have entered into with the objective of alleviating trade facilitation obstacles …
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Trade Facilitation and Export diversification in South Africa
… a gravity model to investigate the impact of trade facilitation on export diversification in South Africa. This paper uses panel data of 124 countries ranging over the period 2012 – 2016. In this paper, a statistical approach called factor analysis was used to construct four new aggregate …
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Trade facilitation in southern Africa : a case study for Zimbabwe
The recent adoption of the Trade Facilitation Agreement by WTO members in 2014 renewed the global impetus to ease the movement of goods. Developing countries in Sub Saharan Africa have joined the global community in this regard. It has been noted that although tariffs in developing countries have …
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A case study on customs trade facilitation at Zambia's Kasumbalesa border post
The expansion of global trade, especially trade in intermediate products, compels goods to cross borders multiple times before assembly. This phenomena requires better trade facilitation mechanisms in conveyancing goods and people across borders. The World Customs Organization, among many other …
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The importance of road transport infrastructure development and maintenance in trade facilitation : a South African case
… networks that are able to connect to regional trade corridors.
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Leveraging the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area to Address Trade Facilitation Challenges in Southern African Borders
… review of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) trade facilitation measures and the associated challenges of implementing them. It demonstrates how the SADC region can leverage the implementation of the AfCFTA to increase intraregional trade. Incorporating evidence from border …
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Leveraging the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area to Address Trade Facilitation Challenges in Southern African Borders
… review of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) trade facilitation measures and the associated challenges of implementing them. It demonstrates how the SADC region can leverage the implementation of the AfCFTA to increase intraregional trade. Incorporating evidence from border …
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AfCFTA and Digitalisation: The Role of Trade Facilitation Measures through the Electronic Single Window (ESW) in improving Intra-Africa Trade
International trade has increased significantly over the years and to enable this trend of increased volume of trade, there is a core focus on trade facilitation. Furthermore, customs play a key role in the movement of goods and have come to the spotlight as key role players in trade facilitation …
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Perspectives from the private sector on the trade facilitation tools and instruments being implemented in SADC and COMESA : a case of Malawi
… Malawian private sector faced when using various Trade Facilitation (TF) measures being implemented by Malawi within the context of Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and when trading within the SADC and COMESA regions. Notable …
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Building a model of national shipping centre
… in the logistics chain to conduct shipping and trade-related activities. Users of national shipping centres include traders, logistics service providers, shipping lines, terminal operators, and other actors. Shipping is the business of transporting goods to facilitate trade. Shipping and trade …
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The African Continental Free Trade Area and Developmental Regionalism: Leveraging Transport Corridors to actualise the AfCFTA
… for African countries to promote intra-Africa trade and long-term economic growth. However, a gargantuan obstacle to realising these ambitions is Africa's infrastructure deficit. Energy and transport infrastructure is essential for trade facilitation. Without the development of adequate, …
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'Facilitation regimes' and maritime trade in Nigeria: A critical appraisal of Nigeria's Implementation of the IMO FAL and the WTO TFA
The interdependency between international trade and maritime transport cannot be overstated. With over 80 per cent of global trade by volume carried out by maritime transport, the procedures and processes in and around the maritime domain can either aid or act as barriers to global trade. These …
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A case study of the Customs Administrative Penalty Provision as contained in the Customs & Excise Act, No.91 of 1964 of South Africa, and a comparison of the South African regime with selected foreign customs penalty regime
The world of international trade has evolved over the centuries and, with this process of evolution, unique challenges have emerged over time. International trade, in essence, involves the movement of goods and services across borders; it is conducted mainly by private firms rather than …
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A study to clarify the role of customs risk management in facilitating cross-border trade at the Beit-Bridge border post : a case of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority from 2001 to 2014
… Management (CRiM) in facilitating cross-border trade at Beit Bridge border post from 2001 to 2014. Qualitative methods of survey questionnaire and face-to-face interviewing techniques were used to gather primary data. Secondary data was collected from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA)'s …
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Digital trade and development: A way forward for Africa at a continental and multilateral level
This paper argues that digital trade can benefit developing countries and result in substantial financial gains. The regulation thereof has been at the forefront of negotiations at the multilateral level and within regions of Africa. While developing economies do not typically reap the benefits of …
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Economic reforms and product market integration in developing countries : an empirical investigation using retail prices in Zambia
In spite of extensive trade reforms, markets for goods and services are not fully integrated across countries. Less appreciated also is that product markets within countries are frequently not integrated. Barriers to trade within countries are shown to be as important in preventing product market …
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Southern Africa and Agro-processing: Investigating the state of agricultural RVCs and the role of South African food retailers in regional supplier development
… development. Unfortunately, current growth and trade performance indicates that these sectors have not reached their potential. Variability and volatility in agriculture, practical challenges of trade facilitation, and slow growth in agro- processing have limited the industry's impact on …
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SME financing, performance, and innovation in developing countries – the impact of the institutional and regulatory business environment in Africa.
… environment improves the performance of SMEs, trade facilitation impedes the performance of SMEs due to their limited capacity to compete with foreign firms and financial constraints. Third, working capital funding from internal sources (such as owners, family, and friends, and retained …
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Impact of Human Capital on Global Value Chains in Asia and Southeast Asian Region
… GVC participation. We also find evidence that trade policies in form of tariff, free trade agreements and trade facilitation, proximity and quality of transport and logistics system play significant roles in determining the magnitude of valueadded trade in East and Southeast Asia. The second …