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Abstract: "The paper tabulates Myanmar?s merchandise trade as reported by its partner
countries, thereby circumventing the data constraints stemming from Myanmar?s
patchy trade records. It then estimates Myanmar?s export potential, based on the
bilateral export patterns observed for six other countries in Southeast Asia.
Against that benchmark and controlling for outliers, Myanmar is found to be
trading at about 15% its potential. The bulk of this gap is explained by very low
trade with the industrialized countries. Through reintegration with the world
economy accompanied by deep economic re
forms domestically, Myanmar would
be expected to be closing this gap rather swiftly."...
Keywords: Myanmar, gravity model, export potential
Source/publisher:
Asian Development Bank (ADB) ADB Economics Working Paper SeriesNo. 325
Date of Publication:
2013-01-00
Date of entry:
2013-04-09
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