Firm Inventory Behavior in East Africa

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Tác giả: Richard Martin Humphrey

Ngôn ngữ: eng

Ký hiệu phân loại: 916.7 Geography of and travel in Africa

Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2015

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Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở

ID: 295558

Firms normally keep certain inventories, including raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods, to operate seamlessly and not to miss possible business opportunities. But inventory is costly, and the optimal firm inventory differs depending on various economic conditions, including trade and transport costs. The paper examines firm inventory behavior in East Africa, in which transport connectivity, especially to the ports, is considered as one of the major business constraints. Using firm-level data from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, it is shown that transport connectivity significantly affects firm inventory behavior. In particular, road density and transport costs to the port are important to determine the optimal inventory level. With more roads in a city and/or cheaper access to the port, firms would hold smaller inventories.
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