Download or read book Informal cross border trade in Africa How much Why And what impact written by Bouet, Antoine and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informal cross-border trade (ICBT) represents a prominent phenomenon in Africa. Several studies suggest that for certain products and countries, the value of informal trade may meet or even exceed the value of formal trade. This paper provides a review of existing efforts to measure informal trade. We list 18 initiatives aimed at measuring ICBT in Africa. The paper also summarizes discussions conducted with many stakeholders in Africa between December 2016 and May 2018 regarding the measurement, the determinants, and the implications of ICBT. The methodologies used to measure ICBT in Africa differ widely, but they do confirm that informal trade in Africa is both sizeable and volatile. Both evidence on the determinants of ICBT and discussions with stakeholders suggest that policies should aim to reduce the existing costs associated with formal trade and provide positive incentives for traders and producers to move into the formal economy in order to avoid the loss of economic potential stemming from informal trade.
Download or read book Informal Cross border Trade in Africa written by Antoine Bouët and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Informal Cross Border Trade in Africa written by Kathryn Pace and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As ICBT appears to be so large and is heavily linked to food security, economic development, and women’s empowerment, it is important to obtain accurate measurements of this type of trade. More accurate data can improve the statistical measurements of balance of payments and external accounts, improving global trade measurement and modeling, and facilitate the development of more accurate domestic food balance sheets. Overall, measurement of ICBT in Africa can provide a more accurate picture of other aspects related to informal trade, including information on informal labor markets and movement patterns of staple foods during periods of crises. Each of these provides the opportunity for better policymaking using reliable and accurate data.
Download or read book COVID 19 impact on informal trade Disruptions to livelihoods and food security in Africa written by Bouët, Antoine and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2021-01-23 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International trade of food and agricultural products plays a major role in ensuring food security and livelihoods across the African continent. Yet formal intracontinental trade data give only a glimpse of trade’s importance for African consumers and producers because—depending on the country and bor-der—up to 99 percent of agricultural trade crosses borders informally.1 In West Africa, for example, an estimated 30 percent of staple foods evade formal customs, and the proportion can be much greater for highly perishable fruits and vegetables. Consequently, formal trade data paint only a limited picture of COVID-19’s disruptive effect on trade within the African continent—and of related nutrition and liveli-hood consequences. To better understand the current and future impacts on African food producers and consumers, we must examine both the magnitude and unique mechanisms of informal cross-bor-der trade (ICBT).
Download or read book Handbook on Trade and Development written by Oliver Morrissey and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely Handbook comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in developing countries, illustrating that it is not trade per se that is important but the context, at the firm, country and regional level, in which trade occurs.
Download or read book Impact of Informal Cross border Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa written by Sam K. Kallungia and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Informal Cross border Trade on Price Production and Inter COMESA Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa written by John B. Chirwa and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Estimating the Informal Cross border Trade in Central Africa written by Robert Nkendah and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Informal Cross border Trade in the Southern African Development Community SADC written by Nsolo J. Mijere and published by OSSREA. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the existence and volume of informal cross-border trade (ICBT) in the mainland SADC member states. The four basic research questions for the study were as follows: Is there informal cross-border trade among the mainland SADC member states? Do the informal traders (ICBTs) contribute to the SADC national economies and to the economies of the region as a whole, and is this revenue acknowledged by the SADC nation governments? Does the ICBT facilitate the new mission of SADC: the promotion of social, economic and political integration in the Southern African region? Lastly and perhaps most importantly have the SADC member states or SADC as an organisation formally put in place trade policies and regulations that promote the development of ICBT in the region? The study further explores the extent to which the cross-border ethnic relationships of ICBTs assist and facilitate the activities of the informal cross-border micro-trade. These questions are investigated within the context of SADC, a regional grouping with a long geo-political history as well as common colonial and socio-economic experiences that have all impacted on and restrained formal trade among SADC member states.
Download or read book Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross Border Trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa written by Abel Chikanda and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zimbabwe has witnessed the rapid expansion of informal cross-border trading (ICBT) with neighbouring countries over the past two decades. Beginning in the mid-1990s when the country embarked on its Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP), a large number of people were forced into informal employment through worsening economic conditions and the decline in formal sector jobs. The countrys post-2000 economic col-lapse resulted in the closure of many industries and created market opportunities for the further expansion of ICBT. This report, part of SAMPs Growing Informal Cities series, sought to provide a current picture of ICBT in Zimbabwe by interviewing a sample of 514 Harare-based informal entrepreneurs involved in cross-border trading with South Africa.
Download or read book Towards an Estimate of Informal Cross border Trade in Africa written by Edwin Gaarder and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Official trade statistics typically capture only formal trade. In order to accurately monitor intra-African trade, it is important to understand the scale of informal trade. Reliable data on informal cross-border trade (ICBT) is also crucial to building awareness among policymakers of the importance of this phenomenon and to make a case for policy action. This paper provides a comparative analysis of the ratio of informal to formal trade for African countries for which data is available. Based on this assessment, the paper makes the first ever attempt to estimate the total value of ICBT in Africa. We estimate that the value of ICBT is significant across all African subregions. Our estimate found ICBT to be equivalent to between 7 and 16 per cent of formal intra-African trade flows, and to between 30 and 72 per cent of formal trade between neighbouring countries. Those figures are significant and have important implications for the value, composition and sophistication of intra-African trade, particularly between neighbouring countries. Within the context of efforts to implement the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, ICBT data collection must be institutionalized in order to facilitate accurate tracking of intra-African trade flows.
Download or read book Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross Border Trade in Maputo Mozambique written by Raimundo, Ines and published by Southern African Migration Programme. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents the results of a SAMP survey of informal entrepreneurs connected to cross-border trade between Johannesburg and Maputou during 2014. The study sought to enhance the evidence base on the links between migration and informal entrepreneur-ship in Southern African cities and to examine the implications for municipal, national and regional policy.
Download or read book Formalization of informal trade in Africa written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four approaches to formalizing informal trade -based on policy and legislation, partnerships, rights, and incentives and compliance- presented via case studies and recommendations, including regulatory reform, limiting business licensing and tackling corruption.
Download or read book Women Without Borders written by V. N. Muzvidziwa and published by OSSREA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the face of a declining and collapsing national economy, this book presents the story of enterprising and entrepreneurial Zimbabwean women, operating as informal cross-border traders in the SADC region. The women are struggling against economic wants and deprivation, and devising their own initiatives to defeat poverty. The study relates their hopes, perceptions and strategies for managing the structural constraints at micro- and macro-levels that at once make their activities necessary, and simultaneously impose limitations on them.
Download or read book The Impact of Cross border Trade on Poverty in Africa written by Agu Patience Ndidiamaka and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Migration Cross Border Trade and Development in Africa written by Christopher Changwe Nshimbi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on migration dynamics in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, this edited volume focuses on the activities of grassroots and informal non-state actors. The authors explore cross-border economic activities, migration governance issues, the regional integration project of the SADC, and implications for sustainable development in Africa. Examining the apparent success of immigrant entrepreneurs operating in cities of economically depressed countries such as Zimbabwe, it also discusses the role of local authorities in managing migration to achieve development. Thus, the book is centred on human mobility, the building of cohesive communities between immigrants and indigenous people, the informal economic activities of cross-border traders and undocumented migrants, and regional integration, providing a multidisciplinary and rich source of knowledge for scholars interested in African politics, labour, migration and economy.
Download or read book Informal Crossboarder Trade and Poverty Reduction in Southern Africa written by Wadzanai Kachere and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is still debate with regard to the contribution of Informal Cross Border Trading (ICBT) activities to development.The policy dialogue in many developing countries continues to be driven by the perception that this trade in economically non-viable and socially undesirable. On the other hand, speculations are abounding that ICBT has the potential of pushing backwards the frontiers of poverty, an assertion supported by the findings of this research. The study investigated the extent of ICBT in the Southern Africa region and its impact on poverty reduction. By designing and implementing a sound research technique, the researcher investigated the extent of ICBT between Zimbabwe and its neighbouring countries, and its impact on poverty reduction, amongst others.The work established that ICBT reduces and alleviates the prevalence, depth and severity of poverty. The book advocates for governments and regional blocks to incorporate informal cross border concerns in regional trade policies in order to broaden the concerted efforts aimed at alleviating economic hardships, reducing poverty and enhancing welfare, as well as empowering women in particular.
