Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic [[electronic resource] ] : trade integration and economic performance / / Stephanie Medina Cas, Andrew Swiston, and Luis-Diego Barrot



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Medina Cas Stephanie Visualizza persona
Titolo: Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic [[electronic resource] ] : trade integration and economic performance / / Stephanie Medina Cas, Andrew Swiston, and Luis-Diego Barrot Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (41 p.)
Soggetto topico: International trade
Economic development - Central America
Economic development - Panama
Economic development - Dominican Republic
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: SwistonA (Andrew James)  
BarrotLuis-Diego  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Services
9. 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
AppendixesI. 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
Sommario/riassunto: This 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
Titolo autorizzato: Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4755-1201-5
1-4755-1200-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461975603321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Serie: IMF Working Papers