Boosting Export Performance

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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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
GLOBAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
MARKET ACCESS
INNOVATION
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
EXPORT BENEFITS
JOB CREATION
EXPORT BENCHMARKS
EXPORT DYNAMICS
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
TRADE REGULATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099350206012235986/P1719510a18cbf05d08125099b43aaa27cb
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37502
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spelling okr-10986-375022022-06-04T05:10:32Z Boosting Export Performance World Bank EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION MARKET ACCESS INNOVATION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH EXPORT BENEFITS JOB CREATION EXPORT BENCHMARKS EXPORT DYNAMICS TRADE POLICY TRADE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TRADE REGULATION 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. 2022-06-03T15:05:56Z 2022-06-03T15:05:56Z 2021 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099350206012235986/P1719510a18cbf05d08125099b43aaa27cb http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37502 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Report Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Kosovo
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topic EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
GLOBAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
MARKET ACCESS
INNOVATION
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
EXPORT BENEFITS
JOB CREATION
EXPORT BENCHMARKS
EXPORT DYNAMICS
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
TRADE REGULATION
spellingShingle EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
GLOBAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
MARKET ACCESS
INNOVATION
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
EXPORT BENEFITS
JOB CREATION
EXPORT BENCHMARKS
EXPORT DYNAMICS
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
TRADE REGULATION
World Bank
Boosting Export Performance
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Kosovo
description 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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title Boosting Export Performance
title_short Boosting Export Performance
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099350206012235986/P1719510a18cbf05d08125099b43aaa27cb
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37502
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