[gdlr_notification icon="icon-flag" type="color-background" background="#FF8C00" color="#ffffff"]If you would like to know more about the topic, subscribe to our list here and be the first one to receive our Trade Trend Estimates for Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be published on May 22.[/gdlr_notification] Supported by the commodities boom and a raft of policy … [Read more...] about The Role of Imports in Exporter Performance in Peru
Martha Denisse Pierola
Martha Denisse Pierola is a Senior Economist working at the Migration Unit and specialized in trade and development. She has published several papers on export growth, superstars and exporter dynamics and co-created the Exporter Dynamics Database–the first-ever global database on exporter growth and dynamics, based on firm-level export data. She is currently studying the role of trade liberalization on exporter dynamics; and the impact of migration on labor outcomes in Peru. Before joining the IDB, she worked as an economist for the World Bank, the Peruvian Government (INDECOPI) and also consulted for the private sector and other international organizations. She has a PhD in economics from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland and a Master of International Law and Economics from the World Trade Institute in Bern, Switzerland.
The Origin and Dynamics of Export Superstars
How can we promote export growth and diversification? This is a perennial question for policymakers around the world, especially in developing countries. What type of exporters should we promote? Should we care about all potential exporters or only those of a particular size? If we frame our thinking in terms of size, then the existing trade literature provides some answers … [Read more...] about The Origin and Dynamics of Export Superstars