While other emerging regions were thriving, MENA's aggregate export performance over the past two decades has been consistently weak. Using detailed firm-level export data from Customs administrations, this report explains why. One central finding is that the size distribution of MENA's exporting firms is suggestive of a critical weakness at the top. With the exception of the top firm, MENA's elite exporters are smaller and weaker compared to their...
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2015/04/07
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2015/04/13
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Champions wanted : promoting exports in the Middle East and North Africa
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center for economic policy
Citation
Freund,Caroline; Jaud,Melise.
Champions wanted : promoting exports in the Middle East and North Africa (English). Directions in development|trade Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/306661468282255244