Africa

Better transport can bring African countries closer together and support their economies

Container ships wait to load and offload goods in Cape Town, South Africa

In West Africa, border crossing formalities can be slow and complicated. Image: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

Mathilde Lebrand
Economist in the Transport Global Practice, World Bank Blogs
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Simulations based on a spatial quantitative general-equilibrium model quantify the subnational and aggregate gains
A number of countries would expect to see fantastic returns by improving major road corridors in West Africa. Image: World Bank Blogs
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