indicate strongly positive export effects, which are especially large for textile, apparel, and leather products, and tend to ….73 percent and to the United States by 0.30 percent; effects are two to three times as large for textiles. The presence of strong … export effects to the EU and the United States show an opposite sign …

extended period, developing Asia has on average been particularly successful in diversifying its exports, particularly in … is, through entry into completely new products. In addition, developing Asia has on average benefited significantly from …

-Saharan Africa (ECOWAS and SADC), Asia (AFTA and SAPTA) and Latin America (CACM, CAN, and MERCOSUR), estimating their impacts on …

gain benefits from global network trade? Over the past 15 years Asia has become Africa's fastest growing export market … will not continue in the near future. The authors acknowledge the numerous caveats in Asia's growing interest in the …, as well as the fierce competition from Asia's cheap manufactured exports. However, they believe that there is strong …

the design of preferences. The paper estimates that this simplification contributed to an increase in export volume of … design also mattered for diversity in apparel exports, as the number of export varieties grew more rapidly under the Africa …

-out of the quota system for textiles and apparel in 2005, which provided access for many poor and small export …

46 countries over the period 1996-2012, and first finds evidence that the elasticity of manufacturing export volumes to …

integration, namely, trade volumes, export/trade patterns by product (primary and manufacturing goods), and by destination (inter …