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1 online resource (391 pages) |
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World Bank e-Library.
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Connecting two continents -- Historical context -- Scope and methodology of the study -- Structure and summary of the study -- Data sources -- Performance and patterns of African Asian trade and investment flows -- Introduction -- Patterns of merchandise trade flows between Africa and Asia -- Africa's pattern of merchandize trade with China and India -- Trade in services between Africa and Asia -- Foreign direct investment between Africa and Asia -- Disentangling factors behind African-Asian trade flows -- Conclusions and policy implications -- Challenges "at the border": Africa and Asia's trade and investment policies -- Introduction -- Domestic policy regimes influencing Africa-Asian trade and investment -- Bilateral and regional trade and investment policy regimes -- Conclusions and policy implications -- "Behind-the-border" constraints on African-Asian trade and investment flows -- Introduction -- Performance of firms behind the border -- Role of domestic competition in promoting international integration -- Role of Chinese and Indian imports and investment in linking competition and international integration -- Conclusions and policy recommendations -- "Between-the-border" factors in African-Asian trade and investment -- Introduction -- Remedies for imperfections in the market for information -- Trade facilitation in Africa-Asian commerce: logistics and finance -- Transfers of technology and skills -- Conclusions and policy recommendations -- Investment-trade linkages in African-Asian commerce: scale, integration and production network -- Introduction -- Determinants of linkages between trade and foreign direct investment -- Evidence on FDI-trade linkages of Chinese and Indian firms in Africa -- Meeting the challenge of network trade: what are Africa's export opportunities presented by Chinese and Indian foreign investment -- Conclusions and policy recommendations -- Summary of principal findings and policy recommendations -- Summary of principal findings -- Summary of priority policy recommendations |
| Summary |
"China and India's new-found interest in trade and investment with Africa-home, to 300 million of the globe's poorest people and the world's most formidable development challenge-presents a significant opportunity for growth and integration of the Sub-Saharan continent into the global economy. Africa's Silk Road finds that China and India's South-South commerce with Africa is about far more than natural resources, opening the way for Africa to become a processor of commodities and a competitive supplier of goods and services to these countries-a major departure from its long-established relations with the North. A growing number of Chinese and Indian businesses active in Africa operate on, a global scale, work with world-class technologies, produce products and services according to the most demanding standards, and foster the integration of African businesses into advanced markets." "There are significant imbalances, however, in these emerging commercial relationships. These can be addressed through a series of reforms in all countries: "At⁰the-border" reforms, such as elimination of China and India's escalating tariffs on Africa's leading exports, and elimination of Africa's tariffs on certain inputs that make exports uncompetitive, "Behind-the-border " reforms in Africa, to unleash competitive market forces and strengthen its basic market institutions, "Between-the-border" improvements in trade facilitation mechanisms to decrease transactions costs, Reforms that leverage linkages between investment and trade, to allow African businesses to participate in global production networks that investments by Chinese and Indian firms can generate. Book jacket."--Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
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Commerce
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International economic relations
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Internationale handel.
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Comércio -- China;áfrica.
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Comércio -- África;índia.
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Relações econômicas internacionais -- África;china.
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Relações econômicas internacionais -- África;índia.
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Commerce international.
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Relations économiques internationales.
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Relations commerciales.
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Relations Sud-Sud.
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Africa -- Commerce -- China
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China -- Commerce -- Africa
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Africa -- Commerce -- India
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India -- Commerce -- Africa
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Africa -- Foreign economic relations -- China
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China -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa
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Africa -- Foreign economic relations -- India
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India -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa
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Africa
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China
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India
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Afrika.
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China.
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India.
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Afrique.
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Asie.
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Chine.
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Inde.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Isik, Gözde.
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| ISBN |
0821368362 |
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9780821368367 |
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0821368354 |
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9780821368350 |
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1280621974 |
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9781280621970 |
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9786610621972 |
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6610621977 |
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