Development assistance gone wrong : why support services have failed to expand exports

This study shows that in developing countries with no more than partly favorable policies toward manufactured exports, outside assistance to services that promote and support manufactured exports has had little discernible impact on exports and has rarely been effective in expanding them. The principal reasons for this lack of impact appear to be the after effects of inward-looking development policies, neglect of assistance to enterprises in the production and supply aspects of exporting, insufficient donor concern about the direct impact of their assistance on exports, and reliance on an inappropriate delivery mechanism. Recommendations which suggest new guidelines for donor assistance, project components and new country policies are explained in a companion paper, WPS 544.Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Health Economics&Finance,ICT Policy and Strategies,Poverty Assessment

Income Distribution From Outward-Looking Development Policies

Income distribution has become a central concern in developing market economies, now that breakthroughs are being achieved in expanding output. Severe inequalities in the distribution of the benefits of development are practi¬cally universal and appear to be growing.1 Will these inequalities be reduced or cured by the outward-looking policies now being recommended to developing countries ? This paper analyses these policies and arrives at a generally negative answer. In most developing countries, inequalities cannot be expected to cure themselves under outward-looking policies, no matter how desirable these policies may be for other reasons.* Inequalities may even increase unless major efforts are made to redistribute income. The paper starts with a brief description of the policies now being recommended. There follow sections dealing with inequality-producing influences associated with this development strategy. These influences are discussed under the following headings

The four successful exceptions

행사명 : Management of Export Promotion Strategy in Developing Countries: The First Cours