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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956788703321

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

9786613822550

9781462377060

1462377068

9781451996432

1451996438

9781282588769

1282588761

9781451908244

1451908245

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (17 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Exports - Zimbabwe - Econometric models

International trade - Econometric models

Currency

Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy

Exchange rates

Export performance

Exports and Imports

Exports

Factor Movement

Foreign Exchange Policy

Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange

Formal and Informal Sectors

Institutional Arrangements

International economics

International trade

Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies

Multiple currency practices

Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Models with Panel Data

Natural Resources and Domestic and International Conflicts

Real exchange rates

Shadow Economy



Trade: General

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.