التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Access to finance and intra-Africa trade efficiency. |
| المؤلفون: |
Mazorodze, Brian Tavonga |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Shipping & Trade; 7/3/2024, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
EXPORT credit, GRAVITY model (Social sciences), POLICY analysis, EXPORTERS, FINANCING of transportation |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
AFRICA |
| مستخلص: |
This paper examines the impact of access to finance on intra-Africa trade efficiency using a panel dataset comprising 44 African exporters. Between 2008 and 2021, a stochastic frontier version of the gravity model finds intra-Africa trade to have been lower than its full potential by $1.1 billion on average. Exporters with better access to finance such as South Africa, Morrocco and Mauritius operated closer to their full potential. The effect of access to finance on intra-Africa trade is found to have been stronger between distant trading partners. This suggests that access to finance largely promotes intra-Africa trade through financing transportation and logistics. In view of these results, the analysis recommends policy efforts to improve access to finance in order to maximize trade between African countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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