Aid to the Services Sector : Does It Affect Manufacturing Exports?

This paper evaluates the impact of foreign aid to five service sectors (transportation, information and communications technologies, energy, banking/financial services, and business services) on exports of downstream manufacturing sectors in developing countries. To address the reverse causality between aid and exports, the analysis relies on an original identification strategy that exploits (i) the variation of aid flows to service sectors, and (ii) the variation of service-intensities across industrial sectors and countries using input-output data. The authors find a positive effect of aid to services, in general, on downstream manufacturing exports of developing countries across regions and income-level groups.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Ferro, Esteban, Portugal-Perez, Alberto, Wilson, John S.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2011-07-01
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE, AID, AID ALLOCATION, AID FLOWS, BANKING SERVICES, BILATERAL AID, BILATERAL TRADE, BUS, BUS TRANSPORT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS SERVICE, BUSINESS SERVICES, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY, COMMODITY PRICE, COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, COMPETITIVENESS, DATA LIMITATIONS, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMICS RESEARCH, EXCHANGE RATES, EXPORT DEVELOPMENT, EXPORT GROWTH, EXPORT SECTOR, EXPORTS, EXTERNAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FINANCIAL SYSTEM, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FUTURE RESEARCH, GDP, GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS, ICT, IMPORTS, INCOME, INCOME GROUP, INCOME GROUPS, INFLATION, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, MACROECONOMICS, MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET PRICES, MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES, NATURAL DISASTERS, ONLINE DATABASE, OPEN ACCESS, OUTPUTS, PER CAPITA INCOME, PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY OF SERVICES, R&D, RECESSION, RESULT, RESULTS, TARGETING, TARGETS, TARIFF BARRIERS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, TECHNOLOGICAL POSSIBILITIES, TOTAL OUTPUT, TRADE FACILITATION, TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, TRADE POLICIES, TRADE POLICY, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, URUGUAY ROUND, USERS, USES, VERTICAL INTEGRATION, VOLATILITY, WEB, WORLD MARKET, WORLD TRADE, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, 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_20110719152138 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3492
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