Cross-Border
Trade and Food Security Research in the Horn of Africa
Objectives
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To
estimate the current extent of cross-border trade in the Horn;
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To
identify the role (if any) of cross-border trade in enhancing food
security and regional comparative advantage in the border sites;
- To identify the informal and formal financial arrangements for cross-border trade (especially in livestock) and in what ways cross-border trade generates capital for other activities;
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To
understand how different actors (traders, middlemen, sellers) in the
marketing chain manage risks associated with imperfect information,
limited credit, unstable market and political conditions, and high and
volatile transport costs;
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To
know in what ways social/non-economic variables (informal social
networks, ethnicity, and other variables) help actors cope with
uncertainty and risk; and
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To
identify the major policy and other constraints inhibiting cross-border
trade in the region.
Project
Period
1998-2001.
Current
Status
Completed.
Countries
Covered
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
Outputs
To
date, the project has produced the following research reports.
1. Cross-Border Livestock Trade and Food Security in the Horn of Africa:
The Case of Southern and Southeastern Borderlands, OSSREA Development
Research Report Series No. 1, by Tegegne Teka, Alemayehu Azeze and Ayele
Gebremariam.
2. “Market Access and Food Security in the Pastoral Areas of
Ethiopia”, by Tegegne Teka and Alemayehu Azeze. Paper Presented at the
10th Annual Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Nazareth, Ethiopia.
3.
“Cross-Border Trade in the Ethiopia-Djibouti and Ethiopia-Somalia
Borderlands”. Draft Report by Tegegne Teka and Alemayehu Azeze, March
2001, Addis Ababa.
4. “Research Methods on Cross-Border Trade in the Horn of Africa:
Further Observations”, by Peter D. Little, Tegegne Teka and Alemayehu
Azeze.
5. “The
Global Dimensions of Cross-Border Trade in the Somalia Borderlands”, by
Peter D. Little.
6. “Cross-Border Livestock Trade and Food Security in the Horn of
Africa: An Overview”, by Peter D. Little, Tegegne Teka and Alemayehu Azeze.
(Draft Report for Comment).
7. “Cross-Border Livestock Trade and Food Security in the Somalia and
Northeastern Kenya Borderlands”, by Peter D. Little.
Contact
Persons and Address
Dr.
Tegegne Teka, Regional Project Co-ordinator
P.O.
Box 31971
Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: 251-1-239484
Fax: 251-1-223921
E-mail:
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