Costs and Benefits of Eliminating Institutional Constraints on the Expansion ofNontraditional Exports. Final Report

摘要

The purpose of this study is to develop a prototype methodology for identifyingpriorities regarding the promotion of nontraditional exports and to test that methodology in two African countries, Ghana and Madagascar, that have undertaken significant policy reforms aimed at achieving structural adjustment through outward-oriented incentives and greater emphasis on the private sector. The study identifies and estimates the cost of a number of important institutional constraints on the expansion of the nontraditional exports in which each country has a comparative advantage.