Niger : Leveraging Export Diversification to Foster Growth

World Bank

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION;    TRADE POLICY;    TRADE FACILITATION;    REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS;    TRADE LOGISTICS;   

RP-ID  :  120306

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Niger’s Vision 2035 acknowledges thecountry has little choice but to create ‘a competitiveanddiversified economy.’ Economic diversification is acornerstone component of the Economic Orientation Document(EOD) 2016-19 and the PDES 2017-21. The EOD defines Niger’seconomic diversification as moving exports away from naturalresources and increasing the value-added component ofexports as the foundation for its agro-basedindustrialization and employment creation policies. Hence,an exports diversification strategy is akin to the country’seconomic diversification and, not surprisingly, the PDEScontains several axes of policy interventions supporting it.However, Niger faces serious structural challenges todiversify into new productive activities. The country islandlocked, exporting costs are high and, given multipleinfrastructure and logistics gaps, access to markets isdifficult beyond neighboring regional markets. Rapidpopulation growth and low human capital turns into a lowskilled population. Volatile economic growth, reliant on afew commodity exports that closely follow the vagaries ofweather and boom and busts of international prices, makeshardly obtained poverty gains vulnerable.