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Competitiveness and Institutional Quality in the Greater Mekong Subregion

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  • Sarah Mueller

    (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP))

Abstract

This paper provides a short overview on two major approaches to competitiveness, namely a microeconomic approach that describes competitiveness as a firm-level approach and an institutional approach that takes a broader view and explains competitiveness as an institutions-based phenomenon, focusing on the Government's role to create a conducive environment for trade. Choosing the institutional approach to competitiveness, the paper then proceed to analyze the competitiveness of the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion, drawing from a large source of data and indicators as well as by analyzing other related aspects of a competitiveness-conducive institutional framework. Lastly, it provides a number of suggestions on how to improve certain aspects of the Greater Mekong Subregion's competitiveness.

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  • Sarah Mueller, 2007. "Competitiveness and Institutional Quality in the Greater Mekong Subregion," Working Paper Series 307, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
  • Handle: RePEc:unt:wpaper:swp307
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    Keywords

    competitiveness; microeconomic; conducive institutional framewrok; GMS;
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    JEL classification:

    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade

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