Trade Regime Bias and the Response to Trade Liberalisation in Sub‐Saharan Africa
研究非洲地区贸易政策与自然因素对出口征税的相对重要性，以乌干达为例指出自然障碍比贸易政策更严重，这可能是非洲对贸易自由化反应有限的原因之一。
This paper investigates the relative importance of trade policy and 'natural' sources of export 'taxation' in the African region. Using case study evidence for Uganda, it argues that natural barriers are a greater source of export taxation than trade policy. This may be one factor in the limited export supply response in Africa to trade policy liberalization. There is, however, scope for further industry trade regime bias in the region by increasing the competitiveness and efficiency of transport and financial services. Greater importance needs to be attached to sectoral and infrastructural reforms in the design of structural adjustment programs. Copyright 1998 by WWZ and Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag AG