Exports Diversification: New Evidence Using Customs Data
In collaboration with the World Bank, this research project aims at providing a micro-perspective on export growth and diversification patterns in MENA. It investigates the characteristics of exporters in the MENA region in a systematic manner focusing on understanding if increased exports are the result of new firms and expansion of existing firms, and/or introduction of new products and new destinations, or expansion of exports in existing products and destinations. The project uses a unique multi-country exporter-level database for eight countries, namely: Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen.
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Rana Hendy
Assistant Professor of Economics and Director of the Master Program in Public Policy, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP), American University in Cairo (AUC)
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Chahir Zaki
Chaired Professor of Economics, University of Orléans