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The causes of high intra-regional road freight rates for food and commodities in Southern Africa

Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

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Understanding intra-regional transport

Efficient transport links are critical to enhancing the integration of markets in Southern Africa. This paper assesses the structure of markets, competition, and prices and costs of road transportation between urban hubs in Malawi, Mozambique, South...

Working Paper
Roads and jobs in Ethiopia

We look at how improving roads can affect jobs and structural transformation. We use a novel geocoded dataset covering the universe of Ethiopian roads and match this information with individual data to identify the effects of improvements in road...

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Towards the integration of markets

Rapid urbanization and rising income levels in Southern Africa have increased the consumption of perishable and processed food products. This paper relies primarily on firm-level interview data to assess competition and bottlenecks in transporting...

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