hindered by market failures. After identifying stages of diversification in disaggregated export data, the authors develop a … metric for the flows of export "discoveries," or inside-the-frontier innovations in developing countries. They then explore … introduction of new export products, (2) export diversification measured by an index of export-revenue concentration, and (3) on …

"The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers--Hong Kong (China), the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan … (China)--and the recent reforms to them provide many potentially valuable lessons to East Asia's developing countries. All …. On the delivery side, too, Japan and the Tigers offer some interesting lessons. Singapore's experience with corporatizing …

-product dynamics observed during an export boom. This exercise is possible thanks to a unique firm-product level dataset covering about … driver of firms' decision to introduce or drop export products. Third, new exporters tend to "start small" in terms of both … stimulating Mexican exports, the growth in volume of pre-existing products was the main driver of the export boom. Finally, the …