The Effect of Transport Cost on Trade Volume in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Studies (1970 to 2017)

학위논문 (석사) -- 서울대학교 대학원 : 국제대학원 국제학과(국제지역학전공), 2020. 8. 김종섭. ; 이 연구는 배송 비용이 지역의 무역 흐름에 미치는 영향을, 운송 비용이 무역 흐름에 부정적인 영향을 미치기 때문에. 아프리카 내륙국 뿐만 아니라 화물 라인 거리와 비교할 때 총 비용에 비해 더 높은 추가 비용을 견딜 수 있습니다. ; This study aims to find the effect of shipping costs to on the regions s trade flows, As the transport cost has negative and significant impact on trade flows. Not only but African landlocked countries endure higher additional costs compared to the total cost if compared to the cargo line distance. ; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. General background 1 1.2. Statement of the problem 3 1.3. Research motivation 6 1.4. Objectives of the research 7 1.5. Research questions 8 1.6. Definitions 8 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 12 2.1. Shipping Costs, Manufacture Exports and Economic Growth. 12 2.2. Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage, Transport Costs and Trade. 16 2.3. The Bottom Billion 17 2.4. What Constrains Africa's Exports 19 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 21 3.1. Data 21 3.2. Methodology 22 3.3. Study Limitation 23 3.4. Results 24 CHAPTER 4: OVERVIEW OF SUB SAHARAN AFRICA TRADE 26 4.1. Export performance 26 4.2. Trade barriers 31 4.3. Transport cost 35 CHAPTER 5: ANALYSIS and Discussion 39 5.1. Shipping cost (CIF/FOB) ratio performance on average. 39 5.2 export performance on average 44 5.3. Shipping costs in comparison to other countries worldwide 48 5.4. Land Locked cost of shipping 50 5.5. shipping costs to SSA from both south Africa and china 52 CHAPTER6: Policy Recommendation and Conclusion 55 6.1. Policy recommendation 55 6.2. Conclusion 55 REFERENCES 57 Appendices 59 Appendix A 59 Appendix B 62 Appendix C 64 ; Master