Determinants of manufactured export performance in Namibia

dc.contributor.authorKaakunga, Esau K.
dc.contributor.authorMatongela, Albert M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-24T09:07:15Z
dc.date.available2015-03-24T09:07:15Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe current study looks at the determinants of manufactured exports in Namibia during the period from 1970 through 2009. In line with the international trade and finance literature, the paper focuses on the investment GDP ratio; foreign income; real effective exchange rate; real gross domestic product; consumer price index; and export processing zones to be the key determinants for manufactured exports in Namibia. Due to the nonstationarity of many macro-economic variables, the Johansen Cointegration Procedure is adopted in this study. Most of the results came out as expected. Investment GDP ratio and foreign income have a positive effect on manufactured exports. The results indicate that real effective exchange rate and consumer price index, is negatively related to the manufactured exports in both equations. This implies that exchange appreciation and currency overvaluation exert adverse effects on production for export. Surprisingly, the results indicate that the export processing zones relate negatively to manufactured exports and the coefficient is insignificant in all the equations. The key recommendations from this paper are that there is a need to review the current export processing zone regime with the purpose of identifying new amendments to the framework legislation in order to make the zone more competitive. Thus, there is also a need to relook at various investment incentives that are aimed at promoting manufactured exports with the aim of removing some constraints that might hinder companies in realising full benefits from these regimes.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKaakunga, E. & Matonga, F.M. (2012). Determinants of manufactured export performance in Namibia. Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(2): 19-34.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2026-7215
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11070/1370
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Namibiaen_US
dc.subjectExport performanceen_US
dc.subjectNamibiaen_US
dc.titleDeterminants of manufactured export performance in Namibiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Kaakunga_determinants_2013.pdf
Size:
201.94 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: