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This paper examines export diversification in Ecuador in the cases of fresh cut flowers, canned tuna, palm heart … well as work by Sánchez and Butler (2006) on export costs and related uncertainties. It is found that the discoveries were …
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Should developing countries focus on diversifying their export basket or should they instead specialize their exports … on export diversification and specialization, by investigating the extent of export diversification and specialization in …) model to investigate the economy-wide impacts of greater export diversification versus greater export specialization. We …
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, protectionist regulatory frameworks, and infrastructure constraints. There is significant room for service export growth, including …
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This paper analyzes export performance in Brazil, discussing the roles played by export diversification, productivity … enhancements, policy, and natural resource endowments. First, we provide a brief account of Brazil’s recent export performance and … sector export patterns vis-à-vis the rest of the world in an attempt to grasp a broad picture of comparative export behavior …
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Do Special Economic Zones (SEZs) increase local economic activities in developing countries? This paper explores this question by examining the aggregate district economic effects of SEZs, a place-based development policy in Ethiopia. The study relies on time and district variation in the...
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This paper estimates the impact of two productive development programs (PDPs) in Costa Rica: PROPYME and CR Provee. The first seeks to increase the capacity of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to innovate, and the second aims to increase backward linkages between Costa Rican SMEs and...
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Industrial structures in the "catching up" type of countries usually are not too competitive in nature, and mainly they differ in the low share of hightechnology products in the international trade. The aim of the conducted studies was an attempt to search for directions, as well as the power of...
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