sophistication of a country's exports with the average income level of destination countries, we show that the performance of a … et al. (2007) as a point of departure, we suggest that it is not just the composition of exports but their destination …

This paper presents the largest globally comparable panel database of education quality. The database includes 163 … -- the countries that have the most to gain from the potential benefits of a high-quality education; (3) the data set … global progress on education quality, as well as to uncover potential drivers of education quality, growth, and development …

understanding of how culture, politics, and development interact. Today?s leading theorists of culture and development represent a …

It has been argued that if several developing countries expand exports, they are likely to experience a decline in … commodity for which many African countries have a large share in world exports. Their concern is chiefly with the problems that …

machinery between China and Southeast Asia. China has increased its world market share in machinery exports. The median relative … unit value of its finished machinery exports has also risen. Yet the author finds no evidence that China's expansion in the … world machinery market has squeezed the market shares of Southeast Asian machinery exports. Instead, components made by …

This paper examines recent changes in the structure of Argentine exports and the implications for future growth. The …-productivity goods that tend to be exported by low-income countries. The productivity content of Argentine exports has increased recently … exports more the efficiency frontier. Those products include chemicals and primary products with some degree of value added …