Contents
Acknowledgments About the Authors Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1
Chapter 2
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Export Survival: What We Know about Africa Export Survival: A First Pass at the Evidence Do African Exports Really Survive Less Long? Understanding Entry, Exit, and Survival Decisions Annex 1A: The Basic Analytics of Survival Annex 1B: The Basic Toolkit of Empirical Survival Analysis Notes References
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Countries, Institutions, and Policies Comparative Advantage Trade Costs and the Business Environment Standards and Their Enforcement
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