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"The authors determine how time delays affect international trade using newly collected World Bank data on the days it takes to move standard cargo from the factory gate to the ship in 126 countries. They estimate a modified gravity equation, controlling for endogeneity and remoteness. On...
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efficiency of the logistics sector can help countries gain competitiveness in international export markets, which can translate …-2015 period; (v) upgrading the entire EWH is estimated to generate additional export revenues between USD 776 million and USD 1 …
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imbalances. Kenya needs to increase its export competitiveness. It is clear that Kenya's trade performance is below its potential … exports Kenya's future growth. This paper focuses on five issues: 1) overall trade orientation and export growth; 2 …) merchandise export trends; 3) merchandise exports by sector; 4) merchandise exports by destination; and 5) diversification. The …
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, tourism and mining. This study is also consistent with the rural development strategy which emphasizes various export …
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The war in Ukraine is a human tragedy for the people of Ukraine, but its economic implications are global. This instant report focuses on the direct impact of the war on world trade and investment. It identifies five trade and investment channels through which countries will be affected by the...
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's productive sectors that reduces the country's reliance on imports while enabling the restoration of export capacity in the medium …
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and policy, but also at three sectors with great export potential: agriculture, gemstones and carpets, as well as the …
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Across the transition economies, there appears to be a strong and positive association between export market growth and … economic growth. Export market growth, for its part, has been closely linked to the larger order trade reorientation towards … this study suggests, the achievement of more sustainable export-led growth and poverty reduction will require policies that …
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provide new estimates of the impact of transport and transactions costs beyond distance. In the standard gravity estimation …, the authors find that beneficiaries of these preferences, except GSP, export 2-3 times more than the excluded countries …
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