National Trade Policies and Smuggling in Africa: The Case of The Gambia and Senegal

Stephen Golub and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

World Development, 2009, vol. 37, issue 3, 595-606

Abstract: Summary Much of inter-regional trade in Africa is unrecorded and consists of smuggling. The Gambia is almost wholly enclosed within Senegal, yet official trade statistics show almost no trade between the two countries, failing to capture large-scale smuggling. Smuggling reflects pre-colonial traditional trading relationships, the artificial nature of borders created in the colonial era, and the disparities in trade policies between the two countries following independence, inducing large cross-border price differentials for goods. This paper documents the magnitude of trade protection in the two countries, the resulting price differences, and estimates the volume of smuggling.

Keywords: smuggling; international; trade; re-exports; Africa; Senegal; The; Gambia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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