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 match...

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Main Authors: Jaud, Melise, Cadot, Olivier
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-34222021-04-23T14:02:09Z A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program : Evidence from Senegal Jaud, Melise Cadot, Olivier 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 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. 2012-03-19T18:02:11Z 2012-03-19T18:02:11Z 2011-04-01 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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3422 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5635 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa West Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Sahel Senegal
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Jaud, Melise
Cadot, Olivier
A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program : Evidence from Senegal
geographic_facet Africa
Africa
West Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sahel
Senegal
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5635
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Jaud, Melise
Cadot, Olivier
author_facet Jaud, Melise
Cadot, Olivier
author_sort Jaud, Melise
title A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program : Evidence from Senegal
title_short A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program : Evidence from Senegal
title_full A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program : Evidence from Senegal
title_fullStr A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program : Evidence from Senegal
title_full_unstemmed A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program : Evidence from Senegal
title_sort second look at the pesticides initiative program : evidence from senegal
publishDate 2012
url 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
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3422
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