Download This PaperRegional Integration in Eastern and Southern Africa: The Cross-Border Initiative and its Fiscal Implications
37 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Date Written: February 1995
Abstract
New integration initiatives are flourishing in almost every part of the African continent. The latest initiative in this regard is the Cross-Border Initiative to promote trade, investment, and payments in Eastern and Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean region. In this paper the potential effects of regional integration are empirically discussed and the fiscal implications of the integration measures are addressed, referring to the cases of Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Estimates of the revenue loss from the regional integration-oriented tariff reform are provided and the fiscal reforms to offset this negative revenue effect are discussed.
JEL Classification: F15, F36, F47
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