世界银行-贸易促进组织对出口的影响：来自新冠肺炎疫情的证据（英）

Policy Research Working Paper11182The Impact of Trade Promotion Organizations on ExportsEvidence from the COVID-19 PandemicYewon ChoiAna FernandesArti GroverLeonardo IacovoneMarcelo OlarreagaInternational Finance CorporationFinance, Competitiveness and Investment Global Department &Development Research GroupAugust 2025 Public Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedProduced by the Research Support TeamAbstractThe Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.Policy Research Working Paper 11182This paper examines the impact of trade promotion organi-zations on exports during the COVID-19 pandemic using a World Bank survey. The results suggest that increased trade promotion organization budgets significantly boosted exports during downturns but had no effect during the recov-ery phase. Interestingly, e-commerce programs adopted by trade promotion organizations negatively affected exports during downturns as they diverted resources away from productive support, especially for sectors not intensive in online trade. These findings suggest that countercyclical trade promotion organizations budgets may enhance trade resilience during similar global shocks.This paper is a product of the International Finance Corporation, the Finance, Competitiveness and Investment Global Department, and the Development Research Group. It is part of a larger effort by the World Bank to provide open access to its research and make a contribution to development policy discussions around the world. Policy Research Working Papers are also posted on the Web at http://www.worldbank.org/prwp. The authors may be contacted at agrover1@worldbank.org. The Impact of Trade Promotion Organisations onExports: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic ∗Yewon Choi†Ana Fernandes‡Arti Grover§Leonardo Iacovone¶Marcelo Olarreaga‖Keywords: Trade Promotion Organizations, Exports, COVID pandemic.JEL classification: F13, F14.∗We are grateful to Céline Carrère, Jaime de Melo, Christian Volpe, two anonymous referees, and partici-pants at a seminar at the Graduate Institute (IHEID) for helpful comments and suggestions, and to TheresKluehs for support with data collection. We also thank the anonymous referees and the Editor of the Review ofInternational Economics, where the paper has been accepted in the special issue