Export Diversification and Economic Growth

Export diversification can lead to higher growth. Developing countries should diversify their exports since this can, for example, help them to overcome export instability or the negative impact of terms of trade in primary products. The process of economic development is typically a process of stru...

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Main Author:	Hesse, Heiko
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ADVANCED COUNTRIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS CYCLE CAPITA INCOME GROWTH CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL MARKETS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT PRICES CONSTANT RATE CONSUMERS CONVERGENCE DEBATE COUNTRY CASE COUNTRY REGRESSIONS COUNTRY-SPECIFIC EFFECTS CROSS-COUNTRY PANEL CROSS-SECTIONAL REGRESSIONS DATA MODEL DEPENDENT VARIABLE DETERMINANTS OF GROWTH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOWNWARD BIAS DYNAMIC PANEL ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC AGENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS LETTERS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL FINDINGS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL MODEL EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS ENDOGENOUS GROWTH EXPLANATORY FACTORS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORT EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCES EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FISCAL POLICIES FIXED EFFECTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH DEBATE GROWTH EMPIRICS GROWTH EQUATION GROWTH EQUATIONS GROWTH INVESTMENT GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH MODEL GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSION GROWTH REGRESSIONS HETEROSKEDASTICITY HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME PER CAPITA INCREASING GROWTH INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION EXTERNALITIES INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVERSE RELATIONSHIP JUDGMENT KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE GROWTH LAGGED GROWTH LAGGED LEVELS LAGGED VALUES LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY LOG INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MODEL OF GROWTH MODEL SPECIFICATIONS MONETARY ECONOMICS NATURAL LOG NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE CORRELATION NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP NEGATIVE TERMS NEOCLASSICAL THEORY PANEL REGRESSIONS PATENTS PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY MAKERS POLICY MAKING POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE EFFECT POVERTY REDUCTION POWER PARITY PRIMARY PRODUCTS PURCHASING POWER REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL GDP REGRESSION ANALYSIS ROLE OF INNOVATION SERIES OBSERVATIONS STATE OF KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER VALUE ADDED VALUEADDED
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577921468150573677/Export-diversification-and-economic-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28040

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Summary:	Export diversification can lead to higher growth. Developing countries should diversify their exports since this can, for example, help them to overcome export instability or the negative impact of terms of trade in primary products. The process of economic development is typically a process of structural transformation where countries move from producing "poor-country goods" to "rich-country goods." Export diversification does play an important role in this process. The author also provides robust empirical evidence of a positive effect of export diversification on per capita income growth. This effect is potentially nonlinear with developing countries benefiting from diversifying their exports in contrast to the most advanced countries that perform better with export specialization.

Export Diversification and Economic Growth

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