Regional Integration in Eastern and Southern Africa: The Cross-Border Initiative and its Fiscal Implications

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Ferdinand Bakoup

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Abdelrahmi Bessaha

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Luca Errico

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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

Suggested Citation

Bakoup, Ferdinand and Bessaha, Abdelrahmi and Errico, Luca, Regional Integration in Eastern and Southern Africa: The Cross-Border Initiative and its Fiscal Implications (February 1995). IMF Working Paper No. 95/23, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=883173

Ferdinand Bakoup (Contact Author)

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Abdelrahmi Bessaha

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Luca Errico

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

700 19th Street NW
Washington, DC 20431
United States

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