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Africa's silk road : China and India's new economic frontier

Broadman, Harry G

2007,2006

Overview

New horizons are opening for Africa, with a growing number of Chinese andIndian businesses fostering its integration into advanced markets. However,significant imbalances will have to be addressed on both sides of the equation to support long-term growth.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: Africa / Africa -- Commerce -- China / Africa -- Commerce -- India / Africa -- Foreign economic relations -- China / Africa -- Foreign economic relations -- India / AGREEMENT ON TRADE / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS / AGRICULTURE / APPAREL / AVERAGE TARIFF / AVERAGE TARIFF RATES / AVERAGE TARIFFS / BENCHMARKING / BILATERAL INVESTMENT / BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES / BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY / BILATERAL TRADE / BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS / BORDER TRADE / BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT / CAPITAL GOODS / China / China -- Commerce -- Africa / China -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa / Commerce / COMMERCIAL BANKS / COMMODITIES / COMMON MARKET / COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE / COMPETITIVENESS / CONSUMER GOODS / CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT / COUNTRY OF DESTINATION / CROSS-BORDER TRADE / CUSTOMS / CUSTOMS UNION / DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE / DOMESTIC COMPETITION / DOMESTIC COMPETITORS / DOMESTIC INVESTMENT / DOMESTIC INVESTMENT CLIMATE / DOMESTIC MARKET / DOMESTIC MARKETS / DOMESTIC SALES / DOMESTIC TRADE / DOUBLE TAXATION / ECONOMIC COMMUNITY / ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS / ECONOMIC OUTLOOK / ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT / ECONOMIC RELATIONS / ECONOMIC RESEARCH / ECONOMIC WELFARE / EXPORT INCENTIVES / EXPORT INTENSITY / EXPORT MARKET / EXPORT MARKET SHARE / EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES / EXPORT PERFORMANCE / EXPORT PROCESSING / EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE / EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES / EXPORT PROMOTION / EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCY / EXPORT PROSPECTS / EXPORT SHARE / EXPORTERS / EXPORTS / FINANCIAL MARKETS / FINANCIAL SERVICES / FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT / Foreign economic relations / FOREIGN FIRMS / FOREIGN INVESTMENT / FOREIGN INVESTOR / FOREIGN INVESTORS / FOREIGN OWNERSHIP / FOREIGN WORKERS / FORMAL TRADE / FREE TRADE / FREE TRADE AGREEMENT / GAMBIA / GDP / GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS / GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES / GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES / GLOBAL ECONOMY / GLOBAL EXPORTS / GLOBAL MARKETPLACE / GLOBAL PRODUCTION / GRAVITY MODEL / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / GROWTH RATE / HUMAN CAPITAL / IMPORT BANK / IMPORT VALUES / IMPORTING COUNTRY / India / India -- Commerce -- Africa / India -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa / INDUSTRIAL POLICY / INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE / INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS / INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS / INTERNATIONAL TRADE / INTRAREGIONAL TRADE / INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS / INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT / INVESTMENT FLOWS / INVESTMENT MEASURES / INVESTMENT PROMOTION / INVESTMENT TREATIES / LABOR FORCE / LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES / LDCS / LEGAL STATUS / MARKET ACCESS / MARKET IMPERFECTIONS / MARKET POWER / MARKET SHARE / MERCHANDISE TRADE / MERCHANDISE TRADE FLOWS / MONETARY COMMUNITY / MONETARY UNION / MOST FAVORED NATION / MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY / MULTILATERAL TRADE / MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS / NATURAL RESOURCES / NONTARIFF BARRIERS / OIL COUNTRIES / OIL IMPORTS / POLICY REFORMS / POLICY REGIMES / POLITICAL ECONOMY / PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS / PRICE INCREASES / PRICE INDEX / PRICE LEVELS / PRODUCTION NETWORKS / PUBLIC SECTOR / PURCHASING POWER / REGIONAL INTEGRATION / REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENT / REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS / REGIONAL TRADE / REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT / SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS / SOCIAL COSTS / SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA / SUBSIDIARY RIGHTS / SUPERMARKETS / TARIFF ESCALATION / TARIFF RATES / TAXATION / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / TECHNICAL STANDARDS / TELECOMMUNICATIONS / TERMS OF TRADE / TERMS OF TRADE EFFECTS / THE / TOURISM / TRADE AGREEMENT / TRADE AGREEMENTS / TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICIES / TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICY / TRADE CLASSIFICATION / TRADE CONTROL MEASURES / TRADE CREDIT / TRADE FACILITATION / TRADE FINANCE / TRADE IN SERVICES / TRADE INTEGRATION / TRADE PARTNERS / TRADE PERFORMANCE / TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT / TRADING PARTNERS / TRANSACTIONS COSTS / TRANSITION COUNTRIES / TRANSITION ECONOMIES / TRANSPARENCY / TRANSPORT COSTS / TRANSPORT SERVICES / UNEMPLOYMENT / VALUE ADDED / VERTICAL INTEGRATION / VOLUME OF TRADE / WEIGHTED TARIFF / WORKING CAPITAL / WORLD PRICE / WORLD TRADE / WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION / WTO
• ISBN: 9780821368350, 0821368354, 9780821368367, 0821368362