A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program : Evidence from Senegal

This paper investigates whether the Pesticides Initiative Program has significantly affected the export performance of Senegal' shorticulture industry. The authors apply two main microeconometric techniques, difference-in-differences and matching difference-in-differences, to identify the effect of the Pesticides Initiative Program on exports of fresh fruits and vegetables. They use a unique firm-level dataset containing data on sales, employment, and exports by product and destination markets, as well as firm enrolment year, over 2000-2008. The results suggest that wile the program had no significant effect on exports pooled over all products and destinations, it had a positive effect when considering fresh fruits and vegetables exports to the European Union.

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Main Authors:	Cadot, Olivier, Jaud, Melise
Language:	English
Published:	2011-04-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE, AGGREGATE EXPORTS, AGRICULTURE, BENCHMARK, BEST PRACTICES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPACITY-BUILDING, COMPANY, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, CONFIDENTIALITY, COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, CUSTOMS, DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC POLICY, ELASTICITY, EMPLOYMENT, EXPORT PERFORMANCE, EXPORT PROMOTION, EXPORT VALUE, EXPORT VOLUMES, EXPORTERS, EXPORTS, FAIR, FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, FIRMS, GRAVITY EQUATION, GRAVITY MODEL, ICT, ID, IDS, IMAGE, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INSPECTION, INTERNAL SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET POLICIES, MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, MACROECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, MARKET DEMAND, MARKET FAILURES, MARKET INFORMATION, MARKETING, MENU, NEWSLETTER, OPEN ACCESS, OVERSEAS BUYERS, PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, PARTY, PERFORMANCE INDICATOR, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, POTENTIAL DEMAND, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROTOCOL, PROTOCOLS, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, RESULT, RESULTS, SAFETY ISSUES, SALES, SITES, SMALL FIRMS, SUPPLIERS, SUPPLY CHAIN, TARGETS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, TRACEABILITY, TRADE COSTS, TRADE DATA, TRADE FACILITATION, TRADE FLOWS, TRADE PERFORMANCE, TRADE POLICY, TRADE RELATIONSHIPS, TRAINING COURSES, TRANSACTION, TURNOVER, VALUATION, VALUE ADDED, VALUE CHAIN, VALUE OF EXPORTS, VOTERS, WAGES, WEB, WTO,
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110512143758 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3422
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