04191nam 2200673Ia 450 991046197560332120200520144314.01-4755-1201-51-4755-1200-7(CKB)2670000000278937(EBL)1607006(SSID)ssj0000943704(PQKBManifestationID)11501247(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000943704(PQKBWorkID)10978504(PQKB)10131981(MiAaPQ)EBC1607006(Au-PeEL)EBL1607006(CaPaEBR)ebr10627158(OCoLC)870245060(EXLCZ)99267000000027893720121206d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCentral America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic[electronic resource] trade integration and economic performance /Stephanie Medina Cas, Andrew Swiston, and Luis-Diego BarrotWashington, D.C. International Monetary Fundc20121 online resource (41 p.)IMF working paper ;WP/12/234Description based upon print version of record.1-4755-1202-3 1-4755-1084-5 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Contents; I. Introduction and Summary; II. Historical and Prospective Economic Performance; Figures; 1. Economic Growth in CAPDR; 2. Export-to-GDP Ratios, Average 1960-2009; 3. Openness and Growth; 4. Economic Size and Outward Orientation; 5. CAPDR: Exports by Destination; III. Trade Integration Agreements and Regional Initiatives; Box 1. Mesoamerican Project; 6. CAPDR: Average Effective Tariff Rates; 7. Programmed Harmonization of Tariffs under CAPDR; 8. CAPDR: Trade Logistics, Infrastructure, and Customs; IV. The Profile of CAPDR's Exports; A. Overall Exports of Goods and Services9. CAPDR: Exports to GDP10. CAPDR: Exports of Goods and Services; B. Outward Orientation Indexes; 11. Exports of Small Countries; 12. Intra-Regional Exports of Small Countries; 13. CAPDR: Assessing Outward Orientation; 14. Sophistication of Services Exports; V. Outward Orientation and Economic Performance; A. Exports Model; Tables; 1. The Determinants of Exports to GDP; B. Growth Model; 15. Exports of Small Countries; 16. Intra-Regional Exports of Small Countries; 2. The Impact of Outward Orientation on Growth; VI. Conclusions; 17. CAPDR: Effect on Growth from Improving Export StructureAppendixesI. Country Groupings, Data Definitions and Sources, and Formulas; Appendix Tables; A.1. Countries Included in the Analysis; A.2. Data Sources; II. Key Features of Multilateral Trade Agreements Involving CAPDR; III. International Trade Agreements in CAPDR; ReferencesThis 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 IMF Working PapersInternational tradeEconomic developmentCentral AmericaEconomic developmentPanamaEconomic developmentDominican RepublicElectronic books.International trade.Economic developmentEconomic developmentEconomic developmentMedina Cas Stephanie895959Swiston A(Andrew James)894441Barrot Luis-Diego895960MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461975603321Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic2001618UNINA