Overcoming Barriers to Supply Chain Integration in SACU : Lessons from the Private Sector

Bausinger, Mirabel ; Bertlesmann-Scott, Talitha ; Charalambides, Nick ; Slabbert, Jaco ; Van Heerden, Francois

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: NEW MARKET;    HARMONIZATION;    REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;    WAREHOUSE;    PRODUCTION;   

RP-ID  :  102988

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Cross border value chains areincreasingly seen as critical for export growth, providingthe conduit for more than half of developing countriesexports in value-added terms. However, Africa’s contributionto cross border value chains remains low, at 1.5 percent.And African countries’ limited participation in value chainsis in the lower-value, lower end stages of production.Reasons for this limited integration include infrastructure,thick borders, geographical remoteness, size, fragmentation,and the limited financial capacities and service industriesof African countries.