01689cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000399 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451954470 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL DeRosa, Dean. Protection and Export Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa / Dean DeRosa. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1990. 1 online resource (48 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper examines the extent and structure of nominal protection in a large sample of Sub-Saharan countries, and provides estimates of the effects of this protection on the exports of these countries. Both tariff rates and the frequency of nontariff barriers are found to be appreciably higher on average in the Sub-Saharan countries than in other developing countries. The empirical estimates, based on simulations of a simple model of trade and real exchange rate adjustment, suggest that protection reduces the value of the sample countries' exports (relative to baseline levels) by between 15 and 33 percent per annum, and inhibits export diversification. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1990/083 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1990/083/001.1990.issue-083-en.xml IMF e-Library