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...

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Main Authors:	Reis, José Guilherme, Farole, Thomas
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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
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spelling	okr-10986-101762021-04-23T14:02:49Z Trade and the Competitiveness Agenda Reis, José Guilherme Farole, Thomas 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 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. 2012-08-13T10:38:27Z 2012-08-13T10:38:27Z 2010-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/12431077/trade-competitiveness-agenda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10176 English Economic Premise; No. 18 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Reis, José Guilherme Farole, Thomas Trade and the Competitiveness Agenda
relation	Economic Premise; No. 18
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Reis, José Guilherme Farole, Thomas
author_facet	Reis, José Guilherme Farole, Thomas
author_sort	Reis, José Guilherme
title	Trade and the Competitiveness Agenda
title_short	Trade and the Competitiveness Agenda
title_full	Trade and the Competitiveness Agenda
title_fullStr	Trade and the Competitiveness Agenda
title_full_unstemmed	Trade and the Competitiveness Agenda
title_sort	trade and the competitiveness agenda
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/12431077/trade-competitiveness-agenda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10176
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