How Integrated Is SADC? Trends in Intra-Regional and Extra-Regional
Trade Flows and Policy

Behar, Alberto; Edwards, Lawrence

dc.creator	Behar, Alberto
dc.creator	Edwards, Lawrence
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:01:38Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:01:38Z
dc.date	2011-04-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:55:52Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:55:52Z
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_20110405125648
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3391
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244355
dc.description	Do Southern African Development Community countries trade enough with each other and with the rest of the world? Although its share of world trade has fallen, appropriate benchmarking shows that, controlling for gross domestic product and other characteristics, Southern African Development Community countries have experienced an increase in openness that is comparable to other developing countries. Once market size and geography are taken into account, trade between Southern African Development Community countries is actually high. Southern African Development Community countries also trade more products with each other than they do with the rest of the world. In this sense, and contrary to stylized fears, the Southern African Development Community region is quite integrated. Although the Southern African Development Community has reduced its tariffs, the structure remains complex and could be lowered on intermediates. Other impediments make it costly and difficult to move goods, but are at levels that are comparable with countries at similar levels of development. Although this may be surprising, there is still scope for improvement and the disadvantageous geography of the Southern African Development Community makes it important for other trade impediments to be reduced.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5625,Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AD VALOREM
dc.subject	AGGREGATE ANALYSIS
dc.subject	AGGREGATE TRADE
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	APPAREL
dc.subject	APPAREL EXPORTS
dc.subject	AVERAGE TARIFF
dc.subject	AVERAGE TARIFFS
dc.subject	BARRIERS TO TRADE
dc.subject	BENCHMARK
dc.subject	BENCHMARKING
dc.subject	BENCHMARKS
dc.subject	BENEFITS OF TRADE
dc.subject	BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION
dc.subject	BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	CAPITAL GOODS
dc.subject	CHANGES IN TRADE
dc.subject	COAL
dc.subject	COMMODITY PRICE
dc.subject	COMMON MARKET
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject	CURRENCY
dc.subject	CUSTOMS
dc.subject	CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
dc.subject	CUSTOMS UNION
dc.subject	CUSTOMS UNIONS
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRY EXPORTS
dc.subject	DEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subject	EUROPEAN UNION
dc.subject	EXPECTED VALUES
dc.subject	EXPORT BIAS
dc.subject	EXPORT DOCUMENTS
dc.subject	EXPORT GROWTH
dc.subject	EXPORT MARKET
dc.subject	EXPORT PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	EXPORT PRODUCTS
dc.subject	EXPORT VOLUMES
dc.subject	EXPORTERS
dc.subject	EXPORTS
dc.subject	EXTERNAL BARRIERS
dc.subject	EXTERNAL TARIFF
dc.subject	EXTERNAL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	FISH
dc.subject	FREE TRADE
dc.subject	FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subject	FREE TRADE AREA
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GDP PER CAPITA
dc.subject	GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
dc.subject	GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	GLOBAL TRADING
dc.subject	GRAVITY ESTIMATES
dc.subject	GRAVITY MODEL
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	GROSS EXPORTS
dc.subject	IMPACT OF TRADE
dc.subject	IMPORT BARRIERS
dc.subject	IMPORT COSTS
dc.subject	IMPORT PRICES
dc.subject	IMPORT VALUES
dc.subject	IMPORTS
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject	INTERMEDIATE GOODS
dc.subject	INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL PRICES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	MARKET ACCESS
dc.subject	MARKET INTEGRATION
dc.subject	MARKET SIZE
dc.subject	MEASURE OF TRADE
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL TRADE
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject	OIL
dc.subject	OPEN ECONOMIES
dc.subject	OPENNESS
dc.subject	POLICY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	PREFERENTIAL ACCESS
dc.subject	PRODUCTION COSTS
dc.subject	PROTECTION RATES
dc.subject	PROTECTIONIST
dc.subject	PROTECTIONIST POLICIES
dc.subject	QUOTAS
dc.subject	REGIONAL INTEGRATION
dc.subject	REGIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subject	REGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION
dc.subject	REGIONALIZATION
dc.subject	RULES OF ORIGIN
dc.subject	SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS
dc.subject	TARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subject	TARIFF ESCALATION
dc.subject	TARIFF LEVELS
dc.subject	TARIFF LINES
dc.subject	TARIFF PROTECTION
dc.subject	TARIFF RATE
dc.subject	TARIFF RATES
dc.subject	TARIFF REFORM
dc.subject	TARIFF SCHEDULE
dc.subject	TARIFF SCHEDULES
dc.subject	TARIFF STRUCTURES
dc.subject	TERMS OF TRADE
dc.subject	TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subject	TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subject	TRADE COSTS
dc.subject	TRADE DATA
dc.subject	TRADE FACILITATION
dc.subject	TRADE FLOW DATA
dc.subject	TRADE FLOWS
dc.subject	TRADE IMPEDIMENTS
dc.subject	TRADE LOGISTICS
dc.subject	TRADE MORE
dc.subject	TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject	TRADE PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY REFORM
dc.subject	TRADE RELATIONSHIPS
dc.subject	TRADE VALUE
dc.subject	TRADE VALUES
dc.subject	TRADING SYSTEM
dc.subject	TRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subject	UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	URUGUAY ROUND
dc.subject	VALUE OF EXPORTS
dc.subject	VOLUME OF TRADE
dc.subject	WORLD TRADE
dc.subject	WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
dc.subject	WTO
dc.title	How Integrated Is SADC? Trends in Intra-Regional and Extra-Regional Trade Flows and Policy
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region