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The review synthesizes existing literature and selected datasets to map trade structure, including officially recorded trade and extensive unrecorded cross-border activity. It analyzes key products such as food crops and livestock, key routes and border marketing centers, and the functioning of value chains in borderlands. It also assesses economic effects on border communities and summarizes major constraints and integration-related implications for regional planning.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \n© 2021 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/THE WORLD BANK  \n1818 H Street NW  \nWashington, DC 20433  \nUSA  \nAll rights reserved  \nPhotos: Shutterstock and Unsplash.  \nHORN OF AFRICA REGIONAL ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM BACKGROUND PAPER 3  \nA Review of Cross-Border Trade in the Horn of Africa1  \n-Paul Brenton and Habtamu Edjigu  \n¹ For the purposes of this paper the Horn of Africa is deemed to comprise Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, sometimes referred to as the “little” Horn of Africa. This allows focus on those countries where actual and cross-border trade is strongest and is consistent with the emerging political economy of regional integration in the area following the recent agreement by these five countries to take forward discussions on fostering economic integration and regional cooperation, with the support of the European Union, African Development Bank, and the World Bank.  \niv  \nCONTENTS  \n1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1  \n2 The Structure of Trade in the Horn of Africa ......................................... 3  \n2.1 Officially recorded trade ................................................................... 3  \n3 Unrecorded Cross Border Trade .............................................................................. 11  \n3.1 Overview of the Region .................................................................... 11  \n3.2 Ethiopia-Kenya Cross-Borders Trade ............................ 13  \nA . Livestock .................................................................................................... 14  \nB. Agricultural commodities .................................................. 15  \nC. Main trading eoutes .................................................................. 17  \n3.3 Ethiopia-Somalia Cross-Borders Trade ........................ 18  \n3.4 Ethiopia-Djibouti Cross-Borders Trade ..................... 22  \n3.5 Ethiopia-Eritrea Cross-Borders Trade ......................... 23  \n3.6 Somalia-Kenya Cross-Borders Trade ........................... 24  \n3.7 Somalia-Djibouti Cross Border Trade ............................. 25  \n4 Value chain in livestock and food crops ...................................................... 26  \nLivestock value-chain ................................................................................................. 26  \nAgricultural commodities value-chain ............................................... 30  \n5 Impact of Cross-Border Trade ..................................................................................... 31  \n6 Major challenges in cross-border trade in HoA ............................... 33  \nReferences ................................................................................................................................................. 36  \nv  \nvi  \nSECTION 1 | INTRODUCTION  \nSECTION 1  \nIntroduction  \nInformal cross-border trade is an important feature of trade in the Horn of Africa. In many instances the value of informal cross-border trade exceeds the value of official trade. For example, official annual exports of cattle from Ethiopia, home to the largest cattle inventory in Africa, are less than 2,000 heads, when more than 25 times this amount are typically exported across borders (Little, 2005) . For some commodities, like maize, dry bean, and sorghum, unrecorded exports of Ethiopia to neighboring countries exceed officially recorded trade by a factor of 30 or more (Little, 2015) .  \nThere is a need to understand more about the common challenges and opportunities for cross-border trade in the HoA. Because a large part of cross-border trade and movement of people is unrecorded, knowledge about market networks and integration in the Horn of Africa countries is limited","cbCailBrjOnOPeeT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailBrjOnOPeeT","pdf",17936968,5,1,44,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## The Structure of Trade in the Horn of Africa\n## Officially recorded trade\n# Unrecorded Cross Border Trade\n## Overview of the Region\n## Ethiopia-Kenya Cross-Borders Trade\n## Ethiopia-Somalia Cross-Borders Trade\n## Ethiopia-Djibouti Cross-Borders Trade\n## Ethiopia-Eritrea Cross-Borders Trade\n## Somalia-Kenya Cross-Borders Trade\n## Somalia-Djibouti Cross Border Trade\n## Value chain in livestock and food crops\n## Impact of Cross-Border Trade\n## Major challenges in cross-border trade in HoA\n# References","[{\"question\":\"Why does the paper emphasize informal cross-border trade in the Horn of Africa?\",\"answer\":\"Informal cross-border trade often has a value greater than officially recorded trade. 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