Lifting Growth in the Western Balkans : The Role of Global Value Chains and Services Exports /

In the past 25 years, exports have contributed strongly to growth and economic convergence in many small open economies. However, the Western Balkan (WB) region, consisting of small emerging market economies, has not fully availed itself of this driver of growth and convergence. A lack of openness,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ilahi, Nadeem
Other Authors: Khachatryan, Armine, Lindquist, William, Nguyen, Nhu
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:Departmental Papers; Departmental Paper ; No. 2019/017
Online Access:Full text available on IMF