Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade … Central and Western Africa. Firm-level customs data for selected countries reveal that even in East Africa, the recent export …

"How can countries stimulate and sustain strong export growth? To answer this question, the authors examine 92 episodes … of export surges, defined as significant increases in manufacturing export growth that are sustained for at least seven … years. They find that export surges in developing countries tend to be preceded by a large real depreciation-which leaves …