Assessing competitiveness after conflict : the case of the Central African Republic / prepared by Said Bakhache [and others].

This paper assesses competitiveness in the case of the Central African Republic, a postconflict country. The paper presents several conventional techniques for assessing competitiveness, namely the real exchange rate and recent trade performance. Several other measures are considered, in particular...

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Main Author: Bakhache, Said A. (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. African Department
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/06/303.
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Summary:This paper assesses competitiveness in the case of the Central African Republic, a postconflict country. The paper presents several conventional techniques for assessing competitiveness, namely the real exchange rate and recent trade performance. Several other measures are considered, in particular transport costs and governance measures, which may be more effective in capturing the obstacles to competitiveness posed by the poor security environment and weak institutions common to many post-conflict situations. The real exchange measure and trade measures suggest some mild erosion of competitiveness in recent years, while the other measures indicate that the competitiveness challenges faced by the Central African Republic are much deeper.
Physical Description:1 online resource (23 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-23).
ISBN:1282447955
9781282447950
9781451910162
1451910169
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized