Trade and the Competitiveness Agenda

The global economic crisis has forced a major rethinking of the respective roles of governments and markets in the processes of trade and growth. Indeed, industrial policy seems to be back in fashion or, at least, talking about it is. But a renewed 'activism' by government in the trade and growth agenda need not mean a return to old-style policies of import substitution and 'picking winners.' Instead, it may mean a stronger focus on competitiveness by unlocking the constraints to private sector-led growth. This note discusses the renewed role of government in trade and growth policy from the competitiveness angle and it suggests some priorities for the new competitiveness agenda.

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Main Authors: Reis, José Guilherme, Farole, Thomas
Format: Brief biblioteca
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-06
Subjects:BACKBONE, BARRIERS TO COMPETITIVENESS, COLLECTIVE ACTION, COMMODITY, COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, COMPETITION POLICY, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVE MARKETS, COMPETITIVENESS, COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA, CONNECTIVITY, COORDINATION FAILURES, DEFICITS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING ECONOMIES, ECONOMIC CRISIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATES, EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS, EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION, EXPORT GROWTH, EXPORT MARKET, EXPORT MARKETS, EXPORT PROCESSING, EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES, EXPORT PROMOTION, EXPORTERS, EXPORTS, EXTERNAL SHOCKS, EXTERNALITIES, FACTOR MARKETS, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FOREIGN BUYERS, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTORS, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GLOBAL TRADE, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, GROWTH POLICY, GROWTH VOLATILITY, HUMAN CAPITAL, INCOME, INDIVIDUAL FIRMS, INDUSTRIAL POLICIES, INDUSTRIAL POLICY, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES, INNOVATION, INSTRUMENT, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, INVESTMENT PATTERNS, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, LABOR MARKET, LIBERALIZATIONS, LOCAL ECONOMY, LOCAL MARKETS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MACROECONOMIC LEVEL, MANUFACTURING, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET CONDITIONS, MARKET FAILURES, MARKET INFORMATION, MARKET OPPORTUNITIES, MOVEMENT OF GOODS, MULTILATERAL TRADE, NETWORKS, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLITICAL POWER, PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTORS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, REAL EXCHANGE RATE, RELIABILITY, RESULT, RETURN, ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS, RULE OF LAW, SPECIALIZATION, SUPPLY CHAIN, TAX, TAX BREAKS, TAX REGIME, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRADE COSTS, TRADE FACILITATION, TRADE FINANCE, TRADE FLOWS, TRADE INTEGRATION, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE LOGISTICS, TRADE POLICIES, TRADE POLICY, TRADE POLICY REFORMS, TRADE PREFERENCES, TRADING, VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION, VOLATILITY, WAGES,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/12431077/trade-competitiveness-agenda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10176
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