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Cost-benefit analysis for identifying institutional capacity building priorities in LDCs: an application to Uganda

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  • Namsuk Kim
  • Roland Mollerus

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Institutional constraints prevent the Least Developed Countries from fully utilizing the trade-related International Support Measures provided by development partners. A cost-benefit analysis has been developed as a methodology to identify institutional constraints and prioritize support measures comparing benefits with costs, based on survey data. Applied in Uganda, it identified critical institutional constraints: limited knowledge on how to access most of the assistance; inadequate institutional arrangements; ineffective communications regarding the use of support measures. International support measures related to sanitary and phytosanitary issues, among others, are expected to increase the trade value in Uganda.

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  • Namsuk Kim & Roland Mollerus, 2016. "Cost-benefit analysis for identifying institutional capacity building priorities in LDCs: an application to Uganda," CDP Background Papers 030, United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs.
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    Keywords

    cost-benefit analysis; Least Developed Countries; International Trade; Export Promoting; Uganda;
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    JEL classification:

    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • O24 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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