ITC Export Strategy Map

Trade Strategy Map Explained

The paper introducing the Trade Strategy Map (ESM) of the International Trade Centre (ITC), a newly created database of strategic policy documents dealing with trade and development issues - describes the methodology used to construct the TSM; reviews the methodology and the criteria for the inclusion of documents in the TSM; provides an overview of the TSM presenting some descriptive statistics based on the different document categories, and their geographic and sectoral focus; gives an overview of the different initiatives developed by international organizations and by ITC; presents some preliminary findings in the form of stylized facts; concludes with a discussion of avenues for future research based on the TSM and potential developments for the future.

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