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

IMF Working Papers, February 1, 1995

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Authors: Abdelrahmi Bessaha, Ferdinand Bakoup, Luca Errico
Published: February 1, 1995
Series: IMF Working Papers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451921106.001

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Authors: Abdelrahmi Bessaha, Ferdinand Bakoup, Luca Errico
Publication date: February 1, 1995
Series: Working Paper No. 1995/023
Issue: 023
Volume: 1995
Pages: 38
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451921106.001
Stock No: WPIEA0231995
ISBN: 9781451921106
ISSN: 1018-5941

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Subject: Consumption taxes, Duties, Economic integration, Imports, International trade, Regional integration, Tariffs, Taxes
Keywords: Africa, CBI tariff liberalization measure, Consumption taxes, Duties, East Africa, fiscal policy, import ban, import-substitution strategy, Imports, participating country, Regional integration, revenue impact, revenue loss, sales tax, Southern Africa, tariff reform, tariff schedule, tariff structure, Tariffs, trade creation, trade diversion, trade-weighted average tariff, WP

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