Economic Geography and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.creatorBosker, Maarten
dc.creatorGarretsen, Harry
dc.date2014-07-30T20:04:22Z
dc.date2014-07-30T20:04:22Z
dc.date2012-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:47:49Z
dc.descriptionSub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) physical geography is often blamed for its poor economic performance. A country's geographical location does, however, not only determine its agricultural conditions or disease environment. It also pins down a country's relative position vis-à-vis other countries, affecting its ease of access to foreign markets. This paper assesses the importance of market access for manufactures in explaining the observed income differences between SSA countries over the period 1993–2009. We construct yearly, theory-based measures of each SSA country's market access using the information contained in bilateral manufacturing trade flows. Using these measures, we find a robust positive effect of market access on economic development that has increased in importance during the last decade. Interestingly, when further unraveling this finding, access to other SSA markets in particular turns out to be important.
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dc.identifierWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier1564-698X
dc.identifier10.1093/wber/lhs001
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19080
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/19080
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/411137
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectaccess to foreign markets
dc.subjectaccess to markets
dc.subjectdomestic market
dc.subjectexport market
dc.subjectexport markets
dc.subjectGross Domestic Product
dc.subjectintermediate goods
dc.subjectinternational markets
dc.subjectInternational Trade
dc.subjectmarket access
dc.subjectmerchandise
dc.subjectmerchandise exports
dc.subjectmerchandise trade
dc.subjectprice fluctuations
dc.subjectprice index
dc.subjectspread
dc.subjectsubstitutes
dc.subjectsupplier
dc.subjectsuppliers
dc.subjectworld markets
dc.titleEconomic Geography and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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