Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic : trade integration and economic performance /

This paper studies the potential for the export sector to play a more important role in promoting growth in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) through deeper intra-regional and global trade integration. CAPDR countries have enacted many free trade agreements and other region...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Medina Cas, Stephanie
Collectivité auteur: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Department
Autres auteurs: Swiston, A. (Andrew James), Barrot, Luis-Diego
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2012.
Collection:IMF working paper ; WP/12/234.
Sujets:
Exports > Central America.
Exports > Panama.
Exports > Dominican Republic.
Exportations > Amérique centrale.
Exportations > Panamá.
Exportations > République dominicaine.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
Exports
International economic integration
Central America > Economic integration.
Amérique centrale > Intégration économique.
Central America
Dominican Republic
Panama
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Résumé:This paper studies the potential for the export sector to play a more important role in promoting growth in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) through deeper intra-regional and global trade integration. CAPDR countries have enacted many free trade agreements and other regional integration initiatives in recent years, but this paper finds that their exports remain below the norm for countries of their size. Several indexes of outward orientation are constructed and suggest that the breadth of geographic trading relationships, depth of integration into global production chains, and degree of technological sophistication of exports in CAPDR are less conducive to higher exports and growth than in fast-growing, export-oriented economies. To boost exports and growth, CAPDR should implement policies to facilitate economic integration, particularly building a customs union, harmonizing trade rules, improving logistics and infrastructure, and enhancing regional coordination.
Description:Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed September 28, 2012).
"Western Hemisphere Department."
"September 2012."
Description matérielle:1 online resource (40 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781475512021
1475512023
1475510845
9781475510843
1475512007
9781475512007
1475512015
9781475512014

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