01959cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004619 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451865639 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Lewis, Mark. Assessing Competitiveness After Conflict : The Case of the Central African Republic / Mark Lewis, Jean-Claude Nachega, Said Bakhache, Kadima Kalonji. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (23 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper assesses competitiveness in the case of the Central African Republic, a postconflict country. The paper presents several conventional techniques for assessing competitiveness, namely the real exchange rate and recent trade performance. Several other measures are considered, in particular transport costs and governance measures, which may be more effective in capturing the obstacles to competitiveness posed by the poor security environment and weak institutions common to many post-conflict situations. The real exchange measure and trade measures suggest some mild erosion of competitiveness in recent years, while the other measures indicate that the competitiveness challenges faced by the Central African Republic are much deeper. Mode of access: Internet Bakhache, Said. Kalonji, Kadima. Nachega, Jean-Claude. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/303 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/303/001.2006.issue-303-en.xml IMF e-Library