Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions : Paving the Way
The focus of trade policy has shifted in recent years from economy-wide reductions in tariffs and trade restrictions toward targeted interventions to facilitate trade and promote exports. Most of these latter interventions are based on the new mant...
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ADVERSE EFFECTS AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGRICULTURE APPAREL APPLIED TARIFF ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AVERAGE TARIFFS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK LENDING BANKRUPTCY BARRIERS TO TRADE BENCHMARKING BENEFICIARIES BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUDGETARY SUPPORT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY BUILDING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS CONTROL GROUPS CORRUPTION COST EFFECTIVENESS COUNTERFACTUAL CUSTOMS CUSTOMS BROKERS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS OFFICES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS REVENUE DEBT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMINISHING RETURNS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN ECONOMICS RESEARCH EQUILIBRIUM EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATION RESULTS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL METHODS EXPORT BASKET EXPORT CAPACITY EXPORT CERTIFICATION EXPORT CREDIT EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEE EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE EXPORT FINANCE EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INCENTIVES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCIES EXPORT SUPPLY EXPORT SUPPORT EXPORT VALUE EXPORT-PROCESSING ZONE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FIXED COSTS FLEXIBILITY FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GRAVITY EQUATION GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ICR IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT INDICATORS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT DUTY IMPORT QUOTAS IMPORTS INDUSTRIAL POLICIES INDUSTRIAL POLICY INDUSTRIALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURES INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES INSPECTION INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTEREST RATE INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LOTTERIES MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET SHARE MARKET SIZE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL TREATMENT NGO NOISE OIL IMPORTS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY CHANGES POSITIVE EFFECTS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PROGRAM EFFECTS PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAMS PROJECT BENEFICIARIES PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT MONITORING QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS QUASIEXPERIMENTAL METHODS RAIL RAILROAD RAILROADS RAILWAY RAILWAYS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETAIL TRADE ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE SELECTION BIAS SOURCING SPEEDS STRICTER ENFORCEMENT TARGETED INTERVENTIONS TARGETING TARIFF DATA TARIFF REVENUE TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOURISM TRADE ASSISTANCE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CAPACITY TRADE COMMUNITY TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE CONTEXT TRADE COSTS TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FINANCE TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY REFORMS TRADE PROMOTION TRADE PROTECTION TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIMES TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADE STRATEGY TRADE VOLUMES TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT TRAFFIC TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CHOICE TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TREATMENT EFFECTS TRUE UNDERVALUATION URUGUAY ROUND VALUE OF EXPORTS VOLUME OF TRADE WAGES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO |
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ADVERSE EFFECTS AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGRICULTURE APPAREL APPLIED TARIFF ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AVERAGE TARIFFS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK LENDING BANKRUPTCY BARRIERS TO TRADE BENCHMARKING BENEFICIARIES BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUDGETARY SUPPORT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY BUILDING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS CONTROL GROUPS CORRUPTION COST EFFECTIVENESS COUNTERFACTUAL CUSTOMS CUSTOMS BROKERS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS OFFICES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS REVENUE DEBT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMINISHING RETURNS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN ECONOMICS RESEARCH EQUILIBRIUM EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATION RESULTS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL METHODS EXPORT BASKET EXPORT CAPACITY EXPORT CERTIFICATION EXPORT CREDIT EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEE EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE EXPORT FINANCE EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INCENTIVES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCIES EXPORT SUPPLY EXPORT SUPPORT EXPORT VALUE EXPORT-PROCESSING ZONE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FIXED COSTS FLEXIBILITY FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GRAVITY EQUATION GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ICR IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT INDICATORS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT DUTY IMPORT QUOTAS IMPORTS INDUSTRIAL POLICIES INDUSTRIAL POLICY INDUSTRIALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURES INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES INSPECTION INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTEREST RATE INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LOTTERIES MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET SHARE MARKET SIZE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL TREATMENT NGO NOISE OIL IMPORTS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY CHANGES POSITIVE EFFECTS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PROGRAM EFFECTS PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAMS PROJECT BENEFICIARIES PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT MONITORING QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS QUASIEXPERIMENTAL METHODS RAIL RAILROAD RAILROADS RAILWAY RAILWAYS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETAIL TRADE ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE SELECTION BIAS SOURCING SPEEDS STRICTER ENFORCEMENT TARGETED INTERVENTIONS TARGETING TARIFF DATA TARIFF REVENUE TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOURISM TRADE ASSISTANCE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CAPACITY TRADE COMMUNITY TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE CONTEXT TRADE COSTS TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FINANCE TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY REFORMS TRADE PROMOTION TRADE PROTECTION TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIMES TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADE STRATEGY TRADE VOLUMES TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT TRAFFIC TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CHOICE TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TREATMENT EFFECTS TRUE UNDERVALUATION URUGUAY ROUND VALUE OF EXPORTS VOLUME OF TRADE WAGES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Cadot, Olivier Fernandes, Ana M. Gourdon, Julien Mattoo, Aaditya Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions : Paving the Way |
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The focus of trade policy has shifted in
recent years from economy-wide reductions in tariffs and
trade restrictions toward targeted interventions to
facilitate trade and promote exports. Most of these latter
interventions are based on the new mantra of
"aid-for-trade" rather than on hard evidence on
what works and what does not. On the one hand, rigorous
impact-evaluation is needed to justify these interventions
and to improve their design. On the other hand, rigorous
evaluation is feasible because unlike traditional trade
policy, these interventions tend to be targeted and so it is
possible to construct treatment and control groups. When
interventions are not targeted, such as in the case of
customs reforms, some techniques, such as randomized control
trials, may not be feasible but meaningful evaluation may
still be possible. Theis paper discusses examples of impact
evaluations using a range of methods (experimental and
non-experimental), highlighting the particular issues and
caveats arising in a trade context, and the valuable lessons
that are already being learned. The authors argue that
systematically building impact evaluation into trade
projects could lead to better policy design and a more
credible case for "aid-for-trade." |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Cadot, Olivier Fernandes, Ana M. Gourdon, Julien Mattoo, Aaditya |
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Cadot, Olivier Fernandes, Ana M. Gourdon, Julien Mattoo, Aaditya |
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Cadot, Olivier |
| title |
Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions : Paving the Way |
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Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions : Paving the Way |
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Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions : Paving the Way |
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Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions : Paving the Way |
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Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions : Paving the Way |
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impact evaluation of trade interventions : paving the way |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-36452021-04-23T14:02:11Z Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions : Paving the Way Cadot, Olivier Fernandes, Ana M. Gourdon, Julien Mattoo, Aaditya ADVERSE EFFECTS AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGRICULTURE APPAREL APPLIED TARIFF ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AVERAGE TARIFFS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK LENDING BANKRUPTCY BARRIERS TO TRADE BENCHMARKING BENEFICIARIES BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUDGETARY SUPPORT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY BUILDING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS CONTROL GROUPS CORRUPTION COST EFFECTIVENESS COUNTERFACTUAL CUSTOMS CUSTOMS BROKERS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS OFFICES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS REVENUE DEBT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMINISHING RETURNS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN ECONOMICS RESEARCH EQUILIBRIUM EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATION RESULTS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL METHODS EXPORT BASKET EXPORT CAPACITY EXPORT CERTIFICATION EXPORT CREDIT EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEE EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE EXPORT FINANCE EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INCENTIVES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCIES EXPORT SUPPLY EXPORT SUPPORT EXPORT VALUE EXPORT-PROCESSING ZONE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FIXED COSTS FLEXIBILITY FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GRAVITY EQUATION GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ICR IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT INDICATORS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT DUTY IMPORT QUOTAS IMPORTS INDUSTRIAL POLICIES INDUSTRIAL POLICY INDUSTRIALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURES INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES INSPECTION INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTEREST RATE INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LOTTERIES MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET SHARE MARKET SIZE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL TREATMENT NGO NOISE OIL IMPORTS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY CHANGES POSITIVE EFFECTS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PROGRAM EFFECTS PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAMS PROJECT BENEFICIARIES PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT MONITORING QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS QUASIEXPERIMENTAL METHODS RAIL RAILROAD RAILROADS RAILWAY RAILWAYS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETAIL TRADE ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE SELECTION BIAS SOURCING SPEEDS STRICTER ENFORCEMENT TARGETED INTERVENTIONS TARGETING TARIFF DATA TARIFF REVENUE TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOURISM TRADE ASSISTANCE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CAPACITY TRADE COMMUNITY TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE CONTEXT TRADE COSTS TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FINANCE TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY REFORMS TRADE PROMOTION TRADE PROTECTION TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIMES TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADE STRATEGY TRADE VOLUMES TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT TRAFFIC TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CHOICE TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TREATMENT EFFECTS TRUE UNDERVALUATION URUGUAY ROUND VALUE OF EXPORTS VOLUME OF TRADE WAGES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO The focus of trade policy has shifted in recent years from economy-wide reductions in tariffs and trade restrictions toward targeted interventions to facilitate trade and promote exports. Most of these latter interventions are based on the new mantra of "aid-for-trade" rather than on hard evidence on what works and what does not. On the one hand, rigorous impact-evaluation is needed to justify these interventions and to improve their design. On the other hand, rigorous evaluation is feasible because unlike traditional trade policy, these interventions tend to be targeted and so it is possible to construct treatment and control groups. When interventions are not targeted, such as in the case of customs reforms, some techniques, such as randomized control trials, may not be feasible but meaningful evaluation may still be possible. Theis paper discusses examples of impact evaluations using a range of methods (experimental and non-experimental), highlighting the particular issues and caveats arising in a trade context, and the valuable lessons that are already being learned. The authors argue that systematically building impact evaluation into trade projects could lead to better policy design and a more credible case for "aid-for-trade." 2012-03-19T18:06:07Z 2012-03-19T18:06:07Z 2011-11-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111108150531 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3645 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5877 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |