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Unlocking Central America's Export Potential: Export Performance

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-15T19:31:18Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-15T19:31:18Z
dc.date.issued 2012-10
dc.description.abstract The Central America region is a small market. The region contains around 43 million inhabitants (0.6 percent of total world population) who generate around 0.25 percent of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the region has successfully embarked on a regional integration agenda and has strong commercial links with the US, extra-regional trade-mainly with large fast-growing emerging economies-remains a challenge. Export performance is analyzed along three dimensions that, together, give a fairly comprehensive picture of competitiveness: 1) the composition, orientation and growth of the export basket; 2) the degree of export diversification across products and markets; and 3) the level of sophistication and quality of their main exports. This analysis allows exports dynamics at the different margins of trade (intensive, extensive, and quality) to be evaluated and individual countries' to be benchmarked with peers in the Central American region. The results of this report allow policy makers to identify key areas to explore in the overall discussion of export competitiveness in the Central American region. This paper relates to the literature on challenges and opportunities that trade liberalization can bring to the Central American region. Much of the recent literature focuses on the role of the free trade agreement negotiated by Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, with the US. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/829471468231846578/Export-performance
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27215
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject AGGREGATE EXPORTS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subject APPAREL
dc.subject APPAREL EXPORTS
dc.subject APPAREL INDUSTRY
dc.subject APPAREL SECTOR
dc.subject AVERAGE TARIFF
dc.subject BARRIERS TO TRADE
dc.subject BENCHMARK
dc.subject BENCHMARKING
dc.subject BENCHMARKS
dc.subject BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS
dc.subject BILATERAL TRADE
dc.subject CAPACITY OF FIRMS
dc.subject COMMON MARKET
dc.subject COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
dc.subject COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject CONSUMERS
dc.subject CUSTOMS
dc.subject CUSTOMS TERRITORY
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES
dc.subject DOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subject DOMESTIC PRODUCERS
dc.subject DOMESTIC SUPPLIERS
dc.subject ECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subject ECONOMIC SECTORS
dc.subject EMERGING ECONOMIES
dc.subject EMERGING MARKETS
dc.subject EQUIPMENT
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject EXPORT BASKET
dc.subject EXPORT BASKETS
dc.subject EXPORT CAPACITY
dc.subject EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subject EXPORT GROWTH
dc.subject EXPORT MARKET
dc.subject EXPORT MARKETS
dc.subject EXPORT ORIENTATION
dc.subject EXPORT PATTERNS
dc.subject EXPORT PERFORMANCE
dc.subject EXPORT SECTOR
dc.subject EXPORT SECTORS
dc.subject EXPORT SHARE
dc.subject EXPORT SHARES
dc.subject EXPORT VALUE
dc.subject EXPORT VOLUMES
dc.subject EXPORTER
dc.subject EXPORTERS
dc.subject EXPORTS
dc.subject EXTERNAL TARIFFS
dc.subject FINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subject FINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject FINISHED PRODUCTS
dc.subject FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject FOREIGN FIRMS
dc.subject FOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subject FOREIGN MARKET
dc.subject FOREIGN MARKETS
dc.subject FOREIGN SUPPLIERS
dc.subject FOREIGN TRADE
dc.subject FREE ACCESS
dc.subject FREE TRADE
dc.subject FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subject FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject FREE TRADE ZONE
dc.subject FREE ZONE
dc.subject FREE ZONES
dc.subject GDP
dc.subject GDP PER CAPITA
dc.subject GLOBAL COMPETITION
dc.subject GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject GLOBAL MARKET
dc.subject GLOBALIZATION
dc.subject GRAVITY MODEL
dc.subject GROSS EXPORTS
dc.subject GROWTH RATE
dc.subject HOST COUNTRY
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject IMPORT DATA
dc.subject IMPORT LICENSING
dc.subject IMPORT SHARE
dc.subject IMPORTS
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject INFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subject INPUT PRICES
dc.subject INSTRUMENT
dc.subject INSURANCE
dc.subject INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
dc.subject INTERMEDIATE GOODS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
dc.subject INVESTMENT BANK
dc.subject INVESTMENT PROJECTS
dc.subject KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LOCAL BUSINESS
dc.subject LOCAL ECONOMY
dc.subject LOCAL MARKET
dc.subject LOW TARIFFS
dc.subject MARGINAL COSTS
dc.subject MARKET ACCESS
dc.subject MARKET DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subject MARKET FAILURES
dc.subject MARKET INFORMATION
dc.subject MARKET SHARE
dc.subject MARKET SHARES
dc.subject MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject MISSING MARKETS
dc.subject MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
dc.subject NEGATIVE SHOCKS
dc.subject NET EXPORTS
dc.subject OPENNESS
dc.subject OUTSOURCING
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS
dc.subject PREFERENTIAL RULES
dc.subject PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS
dc.subject PREFERENTIAL TRADE
dc.subject PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
dc.subject PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT
dc.subject PRICE CONTROLS
dc.subject PROTECTIONIST
dc.subject PROTECTIONIST MEASURES
dc.subject QUOTA SYSTEM
dc.subject REGIONAL INTEGRATION
dc.subject REGIONAL TRADE
dc.subject REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject REMITTANCE
dc.subject REMITTANCES
dc.subject SALES
dc.subject SPECIALIZATION
dc.subject STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject SUPPLIER
dc.subject SUPPLY CHAIN
dc.subject TARIFF PREFERENCE LEVEL
dc.subject TARIFF REDUCTION
dc.subject TARIFF REDUCTIONS
dc.subject TECHNICAL BARRIERS
dc.subject TERMS OF TRADE
dc.subject TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subject TRADE BALANCE
dc.subject TRADE BALANCES
dc.subject TRADE CENTER
dc.subject TRADE COSTS
dc.subject TRADE DATA
dc.subject TRADE DEFICIT
dc.subject TRADE DEFICITS
dc.subject TRADE FACILITATION
dc.subject TRADE FLOWS
dc.subject TRADE INTEGRATION
dc.subject TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject TRADE MORE
dc.subject TRADE OPENNESS
dc.subject TRADE PARTNER
dc.subject TRADE PATTERNS
dc.subject TRADE PERFORMANCE
dc.subject TRADE RELATIONSHIP
dc.subject TRADE RELATIONSHIPS
dc.subject TRADE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject TRADE SURPLUS
dc.subject TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT
dc.subject TRADING
dc.subject TREATY
dc.subject TRUST FUND
dc.subject TURNOVER
dc.subject VALUE ADDED
dc.subject VOLATILITY
dc.subject WELFARE GAINS
dc.subject WORLD TRADE
dc.subject WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subject WTO
dc.title Unlocking Central America's Export Potential en
dc.title.subtitle Export Performance en
dc.type Working Paper en
dc.type Document de travail fr
dc.type Documento de trabajo es
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2013-02-05
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/829471468231846578/Export-performance
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000356161_20130205144203
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 17211217
okr.identifier.report 75070
okr.imported true
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/829471468231846578/pdf/750700WP0v10Bo0nce020120vF00PUBLIC0.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country Dominican Republic
okr.region.geographical Central America
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Free Trade
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Trade Policy
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Export Competitiveness
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Trade and Regional Integration
okr.unit International Trade Unit (PRMTR)
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