Champions Wanted : Promoting Exports in the Middle East and North Africa

While other emerging regions were thriving, MENA's aggregate export performance over the past two decades has been consistently weak. Using detailed firm-level export data from Customs administrations, this report explains why. One central finding is that the size distribution of MENA's exporting firms is suggestive of a critical weakness at the top. With the exception of the top firm, MENA's elite exporters are smaller and weaker compared to their peers in other regions. The largest exporter is alone at the top-Zidane without a team. MENA countries have failed to nurture a group of export sup

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Jaud, Mélise
Other Persons:	Freund, Caroline (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington : World Bank Publications
Subject:	Export \| Außenwirtschaftsförderung \| Trade promotion \| MENA-Staaten \| MENA countries \| Mittlerer Osten \| Middle East \| Exportwirtschaft \| Export sector

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (91 p)
Series:	Directions in Development - Trade
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Overview; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Exports for Growth, More and Better Jobs; Firm-Level Perspectives on MENA Trade Performance; Box 1.1 Exports Matter for Jobs: Evidence from Tunisia; Figure B1.1.1 Trade Participation and Employment; Boxes; Figures; Table B1.1.1 Employment, Trade, and Tax Regime; Table B1.1.2 Net Job Creation and International Orientation; Tables; References; Chapter 2 One Champion, but No Team; Key Messages; Who Are MENA Exporters?; Figure 2.1 Who Are MENA Exporters? Figure 2.2 Distribution of Firms and Export Values by Product-Destination Coverage Table 2.1 Exporters in MENA: Summary Statistics; Figure 2.3 How Diversified Are MENA Exporters?; Box 2.1 Sanctions and Trade Deflection: Evidence from the Islamic Republic of Iran; Figure B2.1.1 Exporters' Dynamics with or without Sanctions; Alone at the Top; Figure 2.4 The Top Firm Is Unique in MENA; Table 2.2 Superstars' Characteristics; Lacking Market Power; And Failing to Drive Comparative Advantage; Figure 2.5 MENA Exporters Lack Punching Power Figure 2.6 Export Superstars and Revealed Comparative AdvantageNotes; References; Chapter 3 Priced out of Global Markets; Key Messages; Exchange Rate Policy in MENA; Under-Exporting and Over-Importing; Table 3.1 Is MENA Under-Trading? Results from a Gravity Equation; Figure 3.1 Trade Costs in MENA; Overvaluation Hurts; Table 3.2 Exchange Rate and Export Surges in MENA; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Getting Policy Right; Key Messages; The Policy Environment in MENA; Figure 4.1 Comparative Evolution of Average Tariffs, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s Figure 4.2 NTMs in MENA: From Command-and-Control to RegulationsTariffs, NTMs, and Market Power; Figure 4.3 Trade Policy and Pricing-to-Market; Tariffs Limit Global Value Chains; Figure 4.4 Trade Protection on Final and Intermediate Inputs in MENA; Figure 4.5 Imported Inputs and Export Prices in Morocco; Regulatory Convergence as Export Promotion; Figure 4.6 Cross-Country Regulatory Distances; Figure 4.7 Harmonization of Moroccan NTMs with EU Regulations; Box 4.1 Regulatory Harmonization and Firm Performance in Morocco: What Should We Expect? Figure 4.8 Did Harmonization Protect Morocco's Home Market?Laissez-Passer: It Matters; Box 4.2 How Valuable Is Market Access? Evidence from the West Bank; Map B4.2.1 Mobility Restrictions and Night-Time Lights in the West Bank in 2006 and 2012; Figure B4.2.1 Mobility Restrictions and Economic Performance in the West Bank; Map; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Industrial Policy in MENA: The Small and the Big; Key Messages; Export Promotion: Too Small to Matter; Table 5.1 Export-Promotion Agencies in MENA; Figure 5.1 Regional Export-Promotion Agencies' Expenditure over Exports Box 5.1 Export Support: Remedy or Addictive Drug?
ISBN:	978-1-4648-0460-1 ; 978-1-4648-0461-8 ; 978-1-4648-0460-1
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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