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Firm Inventory Behavior in East Africa
| 题名： | Firm Inventory Behavior in East Africa |
| 责任者： | Iimi, Atsushi；Humphrey, Richard Martin；Melibaeva, Sevara |
| 关键词： | Private Sector Development — E-Business；Finance and Financial Sector Development — Debt Markets；Rural Development；Transport — Transport Economics & Policy Planning；Rural Development — Rural Roads & Transport |
| 学科分类： | 交通运输经济 |
| 摘要： | 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. |
| 出版机构： | World Bank |
| 完成日期： | 2015-07-14T20:51:58Z |
| 报告类型： | 咨询报告 |
| 详细地址： | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24570546/firm-inventory-behavior-east-africa |
| 资源类型： | 科技（咨询、行业）报告 |
| 初始创建时间： | 2017-12-13T09:21:22Z |
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