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OECD imports : diversification of suppliers and quality search

Cadot, Olivier; Carrere, Celine; Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011

This paper explores the evolution of OECD imports over time, measuring their concentration across origin countries at the product level. The authors find evidence of diversification followed, in the very last years of the sample period (post-2000), by a slight re-concentration. This...

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A second look at the pesticides initiative program : evidence from Senegal

Jaud, Melise; Cadot, Olivier - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011

This paper investigates whether the Pesticides Initiative Program has significantly affected the export performance of …

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Success and failure of African exporters

Cadot, Olivier; Iacovone, Leonardo; Pierola, Denisse; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011

Using a novel dataset with transactions level exports data from four African countries (Malawi, Mali, Senegal and Tanzania), this paper uncovers evidence of a high degree of experimentation at the extensive margin associated with low survival rates, consistent with high and middle income country...

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Network proximity and business practices in African Manufacturing

Fafchamps, Marcel; Soderbom, Mans - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

Patterns of correlation in innovation and contractual practices among manufacturing firms in Ethiopia and Sudan are documented. Network data that indicate whether any two firms in the utilized sample do business with each other, buy inputs from a common supplier, or sell output to a common...

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Are the benefits of export support durable ? evidence from Tunisia

Cadot, Olivier; Fernandes, Ana M.; Gourdon, Julien; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

This paper evaluates the effects of the FAMEX export promotion program in Tunisia on the performance of beneficiary …

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OECD imports : diversification and quality search

Cadot, Olivier; Kukenova, Madina; Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2010

This paper explores the evolution of OECD imports over time and as a function of income levels, measuring the concentration of those imports across origin countries at the product level. The authors find evidence of diversification followed, in the last years of the sample period (post-2000), by...

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What have we learned from a decade of manufacturing enterprise surveys in Africa ?

Bigsten, Arne; Soderbom, Mans - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2005

organize themselves and how firms do business. They review the research on firm performance, including firm growth, investment …

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Mind the gap ? a rural-urban comparison of manufacturing firms

Rijkers, Bob; Soderbom, Mans; Loening, Josef - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

This paper compares and contrasts the performance of rural and urban manufacturing firms in Ethiopia to assess the … impact of market integration and the investment climate on firm performance. Rural firms are shown to operate in isolated …

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Nonfarm microenterprise performance and the investment climate : evidence from rural Ethiopia

Loening, Josef; Rijkers, Bob; Soderbom, Mans - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

Ethiopia to characterize the performance, constraints and opportunities of nonfarm enterprises. The nonfarm enterprise sector … fluctuations in predicted crop performance affect the performance of nonfarm enterprises, becauseof the predominant role played by … the agricultural sector. Enterprise performance is also affected by the localized nature of sales and limited market …

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