Structural Transformation and the sophistication of Production /

A new dataset on export sophistication reveals that in many countries the importance of modern services, and the sophistication of manufactured and service exports, has increased over time. However, this trend was less pronounced in LICs. Sophisticated sectors are more likely to act as a catalyst fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spatafora, Nikola
Other Authors: Anand, Rahul, Mishra, Saurabh
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/059
Online Access:Full text available on IMF