Arbeitspapier
Regulatory reform for closing Africa's competitiveness gap
Over the past decade, Africa has been experiencing an economic resurgence. Yet, the continent is facing several difficult challenges and many economies of the region continue to be among the least competitive in the world. Africa's competitiveness is adversely affected by: (i) poor regional infrastructure networks; and (ii) weak institutional capacity. Increased regionalization could potentially address both these challenges. Regional integration of regulation, combined with regionalization of regulated firms, could assist the countries of Africa in overcoming national limits in technical expertise, enhance national capacity to make credible policy commitments, improve the efficiency of infrastructure industries, and increase infrastructure investment.
- ISBN
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978-92-9230-813-1
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2014/092
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economic Integration
Economics of Regulation
Industry Studies: Utilities and Transportation: Government Policy
Economywide Country Studies: Africa
- Subject
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regional integration
regulatory reform
competitiveness
Africa
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Kessides, Ioannis N.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- (where)
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Helsinki
- (when)
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2014
- DOI
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doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2014/813-1
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Kessides, Ioannis N.
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Time of origin
- 2014
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