Testing the Link between Accessible Export Finance and Insurance, and Regional Trade Growth in Africa and Asia: A Role for Regional Export Credit and Investment Guarantee Agency (ECIGA)

Abstract

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The Case for Regional Cooperation in Trade and Investment Finance for Asia

“…One study by Manova and Yu () shows that the lack of credit access limits the ability of Chinese firms to move up global value chains. Meanwhile, Brunner () finds that within Africa and Asia, exports by countries with an ECA are on average 2.3 times larger than by countries without an ECA. However, care must be exercised in drawing causal implications from this correlation.…”