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Trade competitiveness diagnostic toolkit /

This toolkit provides a framework, guidelines, and practical tools for conducting an analysis of a country's trade competitiveness in terms of growth and share performance, diversification, and quality. It aims to facilitate the identification of the main constraints to improved trade competiti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reis, José Guilherme Almeida dos
Corporate Author: World Bank
Other Authors: Farole, Thomas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2012.
Series:Trade and development series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the Toolkit
  • Overview and Guidelines for Conducting a Trade Competitiveness Diagnostic
  • Understanding Trade Competitiveness: Issues and Current Debates
  • The TCD Framework
  • Organizing to Conduct a TCD
  • Module 1: Trade Outcomes Analysis
  • Growth and Share: The Intensive Margin
  • Diversification: The Extensive Margin
  • Quality and Sophistication: The Quality Margin
  • Entry and Survival: The Sustainability Margin
  • Annex A. Product Classifications
  • Module 2: Competitiveness Diagnostics
  • Market Access
  • Incentive Framework: Trade and Investment Policy
  • Incentive Framework: Domestic Policies and Institutions (Competition, Business Environment, and Governance)
  • Factor Conditions: Access to Finance
  • Factor Conditions: Labor Markets, Skills, and Technical Efficiency
  • Factor Conditions: Intermediate Inputs and Backbone Services
  • Factor Conditions: Trade Facilitation and Logistics Trade Promotion Infrastructure: Export and Investment Promotion
  • Trade Promotion Infrastructure: Standards and Certification
  • Trade Promotion Infrastructure: Special Customs Regimes and Special Economic Zones
  • Trade Promotion Infrastructure: Industry Coordination and Sector Support
  • Trade Promotion Infrastructure: Innovation
  • Module 3: Policy Options for Competitiveness and Case Studies
  • Market Access
  • Trade and Investment Policy
  • Domestic Policies and Institutions: Business Environment and Governance
  • Access to Finance
  • Labor Markets, Skills, and Firm-Level Technical Efficiency
  • Intermediate Inputs and Backbone Services
  • Trade Facilitation and Logistics
  • Trade and Investment Promotion
  • Standards and Certification
  • Special Customs Regimes and SEZs
  • Industry Coordination and Sector Support
  • Innovation
  • Appendix A: Summary of Recent Papers on Determinants of Trade Competitiveness.