A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program : Evidence from Senegal

A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program : Evidence from Senegal

This paper investigates whether the Pesticides Initiative Program has significantly affected the export performance of Senegal' shorticulture industry. The authors apply two main microeconometric techniques, difference-in-differences and match...

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Main Authors:	Jaud, Melise, Cadot, Olivier
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGRICULTURE BENCHMARK BEST PRACTICES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY-BUILDING COMPANY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFIDENTIALITY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION CUSTOMS DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICY ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORT VALUE EXPORT VOLUMES EXPORTERS EXPORTS FAIR FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FIRMS GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL ICT ID IDS IMAGE INFORMATION SYSTEM INSPECTION INTERNAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMICS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARKET DEMAND MARKET FAILURES MARKET INFORMATION MARKETING MENU NEWSLETTER OPEN ACCESS OVERSEAS BUYERS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT PARTY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POTENTIAL DEMAND PRIVATE SECTOR PROTOCOL PROTOCOLS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE REGIONAL INTEGRATION RESULT RESULTS SAFETY ISSUES SALES SITES SMALL FIRMS SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN TARGETS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS TECHNICAL SUPPORT TRACEABILITY TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE RELATIONSHIPS TRAINING COURSES TRANSACTION TURNOVER VALUATION VALUE ADDED VALUE CHAIN VALUE OF EXPORTS VOTERS WAGES WEB WTO
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110512143758 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3422

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Summary:	This paper investigates whether the Pesticides Initiative Program has significantly affected the export performance of Senegal' shorticulture industry. The authors apply two main microeconometric techniques, difference-in-differences and matching difference-in-differences, to identify the effect of the Pesticides Initiative Program on exports of fresh fruits and vegetables. They use a unique firm-level dataset containing data on sales, employment, and exports by product and destination markets, as well as firm enrolment year, over 2000-2008. The results suggest that wile the program had no significant effect on exports pooled over all products and destinations, it had a positive effect when considering fresh fruits and vegetables exports to the European Union.