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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788519303321

Autore

Muñoz Sònia

Titolo

Zimbabwe's Export Performance : : The Impact of the Parallel Market and Governance Factors / / Sònia Muñoz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-7706-8

1-4519-9643-8

1-282-58876-1

9786613822550

1-4519-0824-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (17 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Exports - Zimbabwe - Econometric models

International trade - Econometric models

Exports and Imports

Foreign Exchange

Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Models with Panel Data

Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies

Formal and Informal Sectors

Shadow Economy

Institutional Arrangements

Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy

Factor Movement

Foreign Exchange Policy

Natural Resources and Domestic and International Conflicts

Trade: General

Currency

Foreign exchange

International economics

Real exchange rates

Exports

Export performance

Exchange rates

Multiple currency practices

International trade

Zimbabwe



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"January 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-15).

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. EXPORT PERFORMANCE IN ZIMBABWE""; ""III. ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF EXPORT BEHAVIOR""; ""IV. COMPARATIVE MEASURES OF COMPETITIVENESS""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""Appendix I. Description of Sources and Transformation""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper analyzes Zimbabwe's export performance in recent years and identifies the factors that could improve export performance, from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective. Improving export performance is critical to a turnaround in Zimbabwe's economic situation. The growth rate of total exports declined dramatically in the early 2000s, following a large real appreciation of the currency and the introduction of the fast-track land reform program. An important finding of the paper is that policies that reduce (eliminate) the parallel market premium and lower ethnic tensions would be key to promoting export growth.