-addition and high-quality goods, export-led growth may not be a poverty-reducing strategy in the short run. …-intensive, high value-addition and high-quality goods, export-led growth may not be a poverty-reducing strategy in the short run …

The paper estimates the effect of product standards on firms? export decisions using two novel datasets. The first … exporting as well as their export values and quantities. The relative restrictiveness of standards also deters exporting firms … effect of product standards on firms? export decisions. Smaller exporters are more negatively affected in their market entry …