Supporting Lesotho's Economic Diversification and Trade Integration : Structural Transformation through Greater Export Competitiveness

This report provides a multifaceted diagnostic overview of Lesotho's export competitiveness, including an analysis of the macroeconomic environment in which exporters and importers operate in Lesotho; level, growth, composition, and market sh...

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Main Authors:	Arenas, Guillermo, Engel, Jakob, Kotschwar, Barbara, Maliszewska, Maryla
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	EXPORT-LED GROWTH FISCAL POLICY MONETARY POLICY MACROECONOMIC POLICY EMPLOYMENT POLITICAL CONTEXT TRADE POLICY EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS MARKET SHARE GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION INCLUSIVE GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH CGE MODEL SERVICES TRADE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/746191529684003392/Supporting-Lesothos-economic-diversification-and-trade-integration-structural-transformation-through-greater-export-competitiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30178

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spelling	okr-10986-301782021-05-25T09:16:17Z Supporting Lesotho's Economic Diversification and Trade Integration : Structural Transformation through Greater Export Competitiveness Arenas, Guillermo Engel, Jakob Kotschwar, Barbara Maliszewska, Maryla EXPORT-LED GROWTH FISCAL POLICY MONETARY POLICY MACROECONOMIC POLICY EMPLOYMENT POLITICAL CONTEXT TRADE POLICY EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS MARKET SHARE GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION INCLUSIVE GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH CGE MODEL SERVICES TRADE This report provides a multifaceted diagnostic overview of Lesotho's export competitiveness, including an analysis of the macroeconomic environment in which exporters and importers operate in Lesotho; level, growth, composition, and market share performance of Lesotho's exports; the evolution of FDI inflows and their sectoral composition; the diversification of products and markets, as well as the quality and sophistication of Lesotho's exports. It builds on this with CGE analysis of potential impacts based on specific trade-related scenarios as well as diagnostic tools to facilitate the analysis of global and regional value chain participation and integration. The report then formulates several recommendations that could enhance export competitiveness, deepen Lesotho's integration in global and regional value chains in goods and services and strengthen the country’s ability to respond to changing external environment. 2018-08-09T18:36:36Z 2018-08-09T18:36:36Z 2018-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/746191529684003392/Supporting-Lesothos-economic-diversification-and-trade-integration-structural-transformation-through-greater-export-competitiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30178 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: General Economy, Macroeconomics, and Growth Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Lesotho
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topic	EXPORT-LED GROWTH FISCAL POLICY MONETARY POLICY MACROECONOMIC POLICY EMPLOYMENT POLITICAL CONTEXT TRADE POLICY EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS MARKET SHARE GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION INCLUSIVE GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH CGE MODEL SERVICES TRADE
spellingShingle	EXPORT-LED GROWTH FISCAL POLICY MONETARY POLICY MACROECONOMIC POLICY EMPLOYMENT POLITICAL CONTEXT TRADE POLICY EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS MARKET SHARE GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION INCLUSIVE GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH CGE MODEL SERVICES TRADE Arenas, Guillermo Engel, Jakob Kotschwar, Barbara Maliszewska, Maryla Supporting Lesotho's Economic Diversification and Trade Integration : Structural Transformation through Greater Export Competitiveness
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description	This report provides a multifaceted diagnostic overview of Lesotho's export competitiveness, including an analysis of the macroeconomic environment in which exporters and importers operate in Lesotho; level, growth, composition, and market share performance of Lesotho's exports; the evolution of FDI inflows and their sectoral composition; the diversification of products and markets, as well as the quality and sophistication of Lesotho's exports. It builds on this with CGE analysis of potential impacts based on specific trade-related scenarios as well as diagnostic tools to facilitate the analysis of global and regional value chain participation and integration. The report then formulates several recommendations that could enhance export competitiveness, deepen Lesotho's integration in global and regional value chains in goods and services and strengthen the country’s ability to respond to changing external environment.
format	Report
author	Arenas, Guillermo Engel, Jakob Kotschwar, Barbara Maliszewska, Maryla
author_facet	Arenas, Guillermo Engel, Jakob Kotschwar, Barbara Maliszewska, Maryla
author_sort	Arenas, Guillermo
title	Supporting Lesotho's Economic Diversification and Trade Integration : Structural Transformation through Greater Export Competitiveness
title_short	Supporting Lesotho's Economic Diversification and Trade Integration : Structural Transformation through Greater Export Competitiveness
title_full	Supporting Lesotho's Economic Diversification and Trade Integration : Structural Transformation through Greater Export Competitiveness
title_fullStr	Supporting Lesotho's Economic Diversification and Trade Integration : Structural Transformation through Greater Export Competitiveness
title_full_unstemmed	Supporting Lesotho's Economic Diversification and Trade Integration : Structural Transformation through Greater Export Competitiveness
title_sort	supporting lesotho's economic diversification and trade integration : structural transformation through greater export competitiveness
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/746191529684003392/Supporting-Lesothos-economic-diversification-and-trade-integration-structural-transformation-through-greater-export-competitiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30178
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Supporting Lesotho's Economic Diversification and Trade Integration : Structural Transformation through Greater Export Competitiveness

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