Boosting Export Performance
Improving Kosovo’s export competitiveness can help to catalyze growth and reduce poverty. As a small economy, Kosovo will benefit from integration, both globally and regionally, to exploit scale economies from access to a larger market. Higher expo...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099350206012235986/P1719510a18cbf05d08125099b43aaa27cb http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37502 |
| Summary: | Improving Kosovo’s export
competitiveness can help to catalyze growth and reduce
poverty. As a small economy, Kosovo will benefit from
integration, both globally and regionally, to exploit scale
economies from access to a larger market. Higher exports
will not only contribute to growth and lower current account
deficits but can also help heighten productivity due to more
innovation and learning by exporting. Exporting firms, which
are more competitive, will also be able to create better
jobs and economic opportunities for Kosovars. This
background note examines export dynamics in Kosovo over the
period 2010-19, benchmarking Kosovo against relevant
comparator countries. It overviews Kosovo’s trade structure,
export dynamics at the firm level, trade policy and
regulatory framework, and constraints to trade in goods and
services and identifies policy options for consolidating
trade growth in growing sectors. The note also spotlights
digitalization and digital trade. It analyzes the enabling
environment and suggests policies to enhance digital
connectivity, improve the regulatory environment for digital
trade, and encourage the use of e-payments. |
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