THE IMPACT OF MOTOR VEHICLE THIRD PARTY INSURANCE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMESA PROTOCAL

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ABSTRACT

One of the major challenges in many African countries is low investment in

infrastructure. The countries have poor road networks and transport systems,

inadequate port infrastructure, and underdeveloped telecommunications and ancillary

services (insurance, banking and finance). D.eficient trade-related infrastructure raises

the cost of production and distribution. With progressive Tariff liberalization in

developed countries, high transaction costs in Africa have become a more binding

constraint to trade than Tariffs in export markets. Amjadi and Yeats estimate that

transport costs provide a higher effective rate of protection than tariffs, and explains to

a larger extent the marginalization of Africa in world trade. The Regional Economic

Communities of COMESA recognize the importance of trade facilitation in deepening

regional integration by reducing the cost of cross-border transactions, and improving

the potential of growth through trade.