Export Promotion Agencies : What Works And What Doesn't / Lederman, Daniel

The number of national export promotion agencies (EPAs) has tripled over the past two decades. While more countries have made them part of their national export strategy, studies have criticized their efficiency in developing countries. Partly in reaction to these critiques, EPAs have been retooled...

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Autores principales:Lederman, Daniel
Otros Autores:Payton, Lucy
Olarreaga, Marcelo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado:Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2006
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Sumario:The number of national export promotion agencies (EPAs) has tripled over the past two decades. While more countries have made them part of their national export strategy, studies have criticized their efficiency in developing countries. Partly in reaction to these critiques, EPAs have been retooled (see ITC 1998 or 2000, for example). This paper studies the impact of existing EPAs and their strategies based on a new data set covering 104 industrial and developing countries. Results suggest that on average they have a strong and statistically significant impact on exports. For each
Notas:Weitere Ausgabe: Lederman, Daniel: Export Promotion Agencies
Descripción Física:1 Online-Ressource (48 Seiten)