2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416241This paper investigates whether the Pesticides Initiative Program has significantly affected the export performance of Senegal' shorticulture industry. The authors apply two main microeconometric techniques, difference-in-differences and matching difference-in-differences, to identify the effect of the Pesticides Initiative Program on exports of fresh fruits and vegetables. They use a unique firm-level dataset containing data on sales, employment, and exports by product and destination markets, as well as firm enrolment year, over 2000-2008. The results suggest that wile the program had no significant effect on exports pooled over all products and destinations, it had a positive effect when considering fresh fruits and vegetables exports to the European Union.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/World BankACCESS TO INFORMATIONADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCEAGGREGATE EXPORTSAGRICULTUREBENCHMARKBEST PRACTICESCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY-BUILDINGCOMPANYCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONFIDENTIALITYCOUNTRY OF DESTINATIONCUSTOMSDEVELOPMENT AGENCIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT POLICYECONOMETRICSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC POLICYELASTICITYEMPLOYMENTEXPORT PERFORMANCEEXPORT PROMOTIONEXPORT VALUEEXPORT VOLUMESEXPORTERSEXPORTSFAIRFINANCIAL CONSTRAINTSFIRMSGRAVITY EQUATIONGRAVITY MODELICTIDIDSIMAGEINFORMATION SYSTEMINSPECTIONINTERNAL SYSTEMSINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONAL TRADELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET POLICIESMACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENTMACROECONOMICSMANAGEMENT SYSTEMMANAGEMENT SYSTEMSMARKET DEMANDMARKET FAILURESMARKET INFORMATIONMARKETINGMENUNEWSLETTEROPEN ACCESSOVERSEAS BUYERSPARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTPARTYPERFORMANCE INDICATORPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPOTENTIAL DEMANDPRIVATE SECTORPROTOCOLPROTOCOLSPUBLIC ASSISTANCEREGIONAL INTEGRATIONRESULTRESULTSSAFETY ISSUESSALESSITESSMALL FIRMSSUPPLIERSSUPPLY CHAINTARGETSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL DOCUMENTSTECHNICAL SUPPORTTRACEABILITYTRADE COSTSTRADE DATATRADE FACILITATIONTRADE FLOWSTRADE PERFORMANCETRADE POLICYTRADE RELATIONSHIPSTRAINING COURSESTRANSACTIONTURNOVERVALUATIONVALUE ADDEDVALUE CHAINVALUE OF EXPORTSVOTERSWAGESWEBWTO