Middle-Income Productive Endowments, Product space, export sophistication, Countries Transformation Productivity (TFP, Porter 5-Forces, Market trends. Also: RCA, workforce cluster bands, Porter diamond. development/skills), Spillovers Low-Income Value-added and Sophistication Same as “Productive Transformation” countries (1) innovation added) Low-income Export diversification and See “Productive Same as “Productive Transformation” Also countries (2) shocks consider: Transformation,” Herfindahl’s index industry structure, product sophistication Fragile , Many of the above could See above. Work-around Feasibility checklist, Enterprise survey Conflict, and apply, adjust for weaker solutions around lack of Porter diamond, Violent (FCV) institutions and difficulties data availability include Porter 5-Forces, Product space, (1) estimations, and (2) Situations in data collection survey of experts Value chain mapping, Market trends Special situation New (greenfield) sectors Endowments, trends, Porter diamond, Seven Forms of Capital, 1 and potential impact Porter 5-Forces, Market trends, and impact analysis Special situation Geography and Growth (e.g. exports, Product space analysis 2 border trade local output in volume and value) The results of analysis using these tools can then inform deep consultation with both public and private stakeholders and, ideally, help these stakeholders coalesce around mutually-agreed actions. During implementation of these activities, analysis can be used to inform and improve reforms (whether policy-based, advisory, lending, investment or guarantees). Box 3. Tackling the top 10 barriers to Canadian competitiveness Barrier I: skills crisis Canada’s . Barrier II: Keeping Canadians Working/Helping federally regulated businesses to compete Barrier III: Improving the tax system Barrier IV: Breaking down internal trade barriers Making regulations work Barrier V: Barrier VI: Making Canada a magnet for international investment Barrier VII: Stimulating research and development and bringing it to market
Middle-Income Countries Productive Transformation Endowments, Productivity (TFP, workforce development/skills), Spillovers Product space, export sophistication, Porter 5-Forces, Market trends. Also: RCA, cluster bands, Porter diamond. Low-Income countries (1) Value-added and innovation Sophistication Same as “Productive Transformation” Low-income countries (2) Export diversification and shocks See “Productive Transformation,” industry structure, product sophistication Same as “Productive Transformation” Also consider: Herfindahl’s index Fragile , Conflict, and Violent (FCV) Situations Many of the above could apply, adjust for weaker institutions and difficulties in data collection See above. Work-around solutions around lack of data availability include (1) estimations, and (2) survey of experts Feasibility checklist, Enterprise survey Porter diamond, Porter 5-Forces, Product space, Value chain mapping, Market trends Special situation 1 New (greenfield) sectors Endowments, trends, and potential impact Porter diamond, Seven Forms of Capital, Porter 5-Forces, Market trends, and impact analysis Special situation 2 Geography and trade Growth (e.g. exports, local output in volume and value) Product space analysis The results of analysis using these tools can then inform deep consultation with both public and private stakeholders and, ideally, help these stakeholders coalesce around mutually-agreed actions. During implementation of these activities, analysis can be used to inform and improve reforms (whether policy-based, advisory, lending, investment or guarantees). Box 3. Tackling the top 10 barriers to Canadian competitiveness Barrier I: Canada’s skills crisis . Barrier II: Keeping Canadians Working/Helping federally regulated businesses to compete Barrier III: Improving the tax system Barrier IV: Breaking down internal trade barriers Barrier V: Making regulations work Barrier VI: Making Canada a magnet for international investment Barrier VII: Stimulating research and development and bringing it to market added) border