This paper discusses major policy issues related to commodity dependence and export diversification in low … condemn low-income countries to underdevelopment but can provide rather a basis for sustained export-led growth. Natural … resource-based sectors have potential for export diversification. The OECD mirror trade data suggest that many different routes …

down countries' growth (relative to the world) into three trade-related channels: (i) an export pull measuring the traction …

Export structure is less diversified in low-income countries (LICs) and especially small states that face resource … constraints and small economic size. This paper explores the potential linkages between export structure and economic growth and … its volatility in LICs and small states, using a range of indices of export concentration differing in the coverage of …