LEADER 04191nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910461975603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4755-1201-5 010 $a1-4755-1200-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000278937 035 $a(EBL)1607006 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000943704 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11501247 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000943704 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10978504 035 $a(PQKB)10131981 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1607006 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1607006 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627158 035 $a(OCoLC)870245060 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000278937 100 $a20121206d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCentral America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic$b[electronic resource] $etrade integration and economic performance /$fStephanie Medina Cas, Andrew Swiston, and Luis-Diego Barrot 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cInternational Monetary Fund$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (41 p.) 225 0$aIMF working paper ;$vWP/12/234 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4755-1202-3 311 $a1-4755-1084-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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 Services 327 $a9. 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 Structure 327 $aAppendixesI. 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; References 330 $aThis paper studies the potential for the export sector to play a more important role in promoting growth in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) through deeper intra-regional and global trade integration. CAPDR countries have enacted many free trade agreements and other regional integration initiatives in recent years, but this paper finds that their exports remain below the norm for countries of their size. Several indexes of outward orientation are constructed and suggest that the breadth of geographic trading relationships, depth of integration into global production 410 0$aIMF Working Papers 606 $aInternational trade 606 $aEconomic development$zCentral America 606 $aEconomic development$zPanama 606 $aEconomic development$zDominican Republic 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInternational trade. 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aEconomic development 700 $aMedina Cas$b Stephanie$0895959 701 $aSwiston$b A$g(Andrew James)$0894441 701 $aBarrot$b Luis-Diego$0895960 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461975603321 996 $aCentral America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic$92001618 997 $aUNINA