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A second look at the pesticides initiative program: evidence from Senegal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

MELISE JAUD  and
OLIVIER CADOT
MELISE JAUD*
Affiliation:
The World Bank
OLIVIER CADOT*
Affiliation:
University of Lausanne, CEPR, CEPREMAP, and FERDi
*
*Email: mjaud@worldbank.org
**Email: olivier.cadot@unil.ch
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Abstract

This paper investigates whether the Pesticides Initiative Program has significantly affected the export performance of Senegal's horticulture industry. We apply two main microeconometric techniques, difference-in-differences and matching difference-in-differences, to identify the effect of the Pesticides Initiative Program on exports of fresh fruits and vegetables. We use a unique firm-level dataset containing data on sales, employment, and exports by product and destination markets, as well as firm enrolment year, over 2000–2008. The results suggest that while the program had no significant effect on exports pooled over all products and destinations, it had a positive effect when considering fresh fruits and vegetables exports to the European Union.

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Review Article
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World Trade Review , Volume 11 , Issue 3: Symposium Issue: Standards and Non-Tariff Barriers in Trade , July 2012 , pp. 490 - 506
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Copyright © Melise Jaud and Olivier Cadotd 2012

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