An Economic Integration Zone for the East African Community : Exploiting Regional Potential and Addressing Commitment Challenges

Dobronogov, Anton; Farole, Thomas

dc.creator	Dobronogov, Anton
dc.creator	Farole, Thomas
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:29:10Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:29:10Z
dc.date	2012-02-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:49:58Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:49:58Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120213133305
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3253
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243674
dc.description	Integration in the East African Community offers significant opportunities not only to expand trade among member states, but more importantly to scale up regional production to take advantage of much larger global market opportunities. Special economic zones are a potentially valuable instrument to facilitate the integration of regional value chains in support of this scaling up. They also have the potential to deliver powerful demonstration effects on the benefits of integration and to help entrench the integration process. This paper discusses the proposal for developing an "economic integration zone" in the East African Community. The benefits of such a zone could be substantial, as would be the practical challenges to implementation -- in particular the political economy challenges. However, a number of institutional and commercial solutions exist to address these challenges.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5967
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	APPROPRIATIONS
dc.subject	ARBITRATION
dc.subject	AUTONOMY
dc.subject	BANKING STABILITY
dc.subject	BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT
dc.subject	BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject	CAPITAL MOBILITY
dc.subject	CAPITAL OUTFLOWS
dc.subject	CASH FLOW
dc.subject	COLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subject	COMMON MARKET
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subject	COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject	COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	CORPORATE TAX
dc.subject	CORPORATE TAXES
dc.subject	CREDIBILITY
dc.subject	CUSTOMS UNION
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEMONSTRATION EFFECTS
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT BANK
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DEVOLUTION
dc.subject	DISPUTE RESOLUTION
dc.subject	DIVESTMENT
dc.subject	DOMESTIC ECONOMY
dc.subject	DOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subject	EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subject	ECONOMIC REFORMS
dc.subject	EMERGING ECONOMIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS
dc.subject	EXCISE TAXES
dc.subject	EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	EXPORT GROWTH
dc.subject	EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
dc.subject	EXPROPRIATION
dc.subject	EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SYSTEM
dc.subject	FISCAL DISCIPLINE
dc.subject	FIXED COSTS
dc.subject	FOREIGN CURRENCY
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTOR
dc.subject	FOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FOREIGN INVESTORS
dc.subject	FOREIGN TRADE
dc.subject	GAME THEORY
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GLOBAL EXPORTS
dc.subject	GLOBAL MARKET
dc.subject	GLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subject	GOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICY
dc.subject	GROWTH POTENTIAL
dc.subject	HOLDING
dc.subject	HOME COUNTRY
dc.subject	HOST COUNTRIES
dc.subject	HOST COUNTRY
dc.subject	HOST GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	HOST GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject	INCOME TAX
dc.subject	INCOME TAXES
dc.subject	INCOMES
dc.subject	INDIVIDUAL FIRMS
dc.subject	INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS
dc.subject	INDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL MODELS
dc.subject	INSTRUMENT
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
dc.subject	INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject	INVESTMENT RISK
dc.subject	JOB CREATION
dc.subject	JOINT VENTURE
dc.subject	JUDICIAL SYSTEM
dc.subject	JURISDICTION
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LAND PRICES
dc.subject	LAND VALUE
dc.subject	LAND VALUES
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEGAL AUTHORITY
dc.subject	LEGAL CONSTRAINTS
dc.subject	LEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	LEGISLATION
dc.subject	LEVIES
dc.subject	LEVY
dc.subject	LICENSES
dc.subject	LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	LOCAL TAXES
dc.subject	MARKET ECONOMIES
dc.subject	MARKET ECONOMY
dc.subject	MARKET INTEGRATION
dc.subject	MARKET REGULATION
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	NATIONAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	OPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subject	PERSONAL INCOME
dc.subject	PERSONAL INCOME TAXES
dc.subject	POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POLITICAL REGIMES
dc.subject	POLITICAL RISK
dc.subject	POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE
dc.subject	POLITICAL RISKS
dc.subject	POTENTIAL INVESTORS
dc.subject	PRIVATE INVESTOR
dc.subject	PRIVATE MARKETS
dc.subject	PRIVATE PARTIES
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	PROVISIONS
dc.subject	PUBLIC
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOOD
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOODS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subject	REAL ESTATE
dc.subject	RED TAPE
dc.subject	REFERENDUM
dc.subject	REGIONAL INTEGRATION
dc.subject	REGIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	REGULATOR
dc.subject	REGULATORY AUTHORITY
dc.subject	REGULATORY BODIES
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	REMOTE REGIONS
dc.subject	REPUTATION
dc.subject	RETURN
dc.subject	RETURNS
dc.subject	REVENUE COLLECTION
dc.subject	REVENUE SHARING
dc.subject	RISK PREMIUM
dc.subject	RISK PREMIUMS
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	RULE OF LAW
dc.subject	SALES TAXES
dc.subject	SETTLEMENT
dc.subject	SHAREHOLDERS
dc.subject	SINGLE MARKET
dc.subject	STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES
dc.subject	STRUCTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	STRUCTURE OF GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	SUNK COSTS
dc.subject	SURCHARGES
dc.subject	TARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subject	TAX
dc.subject	TAX REGIME
dc.subject	TAX REGIMES
dc.subject	TAX REVENUE
dc.subject	TAX REVENUES
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	TRACK RECORD
dc.subject	TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subject	TRADE FLOWS
dc.subject	TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject	TRANCHE
dc.subject	TRANSACTIONS COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	TREATIES
dc.subject	TREATY
dc.subject	WORLD ECONOMY
dc.subject	WORLD MARKET
dc.title	An Economic Integration Zone for the East African Community : Exploiting Regional Potential and Addressing Commitment Challenges
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	East Africa