Cross-border risk mitigation in Africa

Informal cross - border trade and smuggling in Africa

The low level and discrepancies of recorded intraAfrican trade flows have been noted for at least 30 years (Berg 1985; Yeats 1990). This situation has continued or even expanded despite structural adjustment programs involving trade liberalization and extensive integration schemes aiming to promote formal integration. There are some 30 regional blocs in Africa, and on average each of the 53 cou...

Potential Risk of Regional Disease Spread in West Africa through Cross-Border Cattle Trade

BACKGROUND Transboundary animal movements facilitate the spread of pathogens across large distances. Cross-border cattle trade is of economic and cultural importance in West Africa. This study explores the potential disease risk resulting from large-scale, cross-border cattle trade between Togo, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, and Nigeria for the first time. METHODS AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A quest...

Cross - Border Bank Flows and Systemic Risk

We examine the impact of cross-border bank flows on recipient countries’ systemic risk. Using data on bank flows from 26 source countries to 119 recipient countries, we find that bank flows are associated with improved financial stability (i.e. lower systemic risk) in the recipient country. The impact of bank flows is stronger in recipient countries with weak regulatory quality and fragile bank...

The East Africa Trachoma/NTD Cross-border Partnership

Eastern Africa, which comprises Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, has the highest burden of trachoma in the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, there are 1,274 districts known to be endemic for trachoma (i.e., the incidence of trachomatous inflammation – follicular (TF) is > 5%). Of these, 769 are found within the seven Eastern African countries, which represents over...

Financial Burden of Border Hospital in Caring for Cross-Border Patients: A Short Note From Thailand