The World Bank Survey of Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs), 2021-2022
Afghanistan, Albania, United Arab Emirates...and 54 more, 2021 - 2022
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Reference ID
WLD_2021-2022_TPOS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Arti Grover
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Identification
Survey ID number
WLD_2021-2022_TPOS_v01_M
Title
The World Bank Survey of Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs), 2021-2022
Abbreviation or Acronym
TPOs 2021-2022
Country/Economy
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | AFG |
| Albania | ALB |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE |
| Argentina | ARG |
| Armenia | ARM |
| Austria | AUT |
| Burundi | BDI |
| Belgium | BEL |
| Burkina Faso | BFA |
| Bulgaria | BGR |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH |
| Chile | CHL |
| Cameroon | CMR |
| Colombia | COL |
| Cabo Verde | CPV |
| Costa Rica | CRI |
| Germany | DEU |
| Denmark | DNK |
| Spain | ESP |
| Guinea | GIN |
| Gambia, The | GMB |
| Grenada | GRD |
| Croatia | HRV |
| India | IND |
| Iceland | ISL |
| Italy | ITA |
| Jamaica | JAM |
| Jordan | JOR |
| Kenya | KEN |
| Lesotho | LSO |
| Lithuania | LTU |
| North Macedonia | MKD |
| Mali | MLI |
| Malta | MLT |
| Montenegro | MNE |
| Mauritius | MUS |
| Niger | NER |
| Nigeria | NGA |
| Norway | NOR |
| Panama | PAN |
| Philippines | PHL |
| Poland | POL |
| Portugal | PRT |
| Paraguay | PRY |
| El Salvador | SLV |
| Somalia | SOM |
| Serbia | SRB |
| Slovenia | SVN |
| Timor-Leste | TLS |
| Türkiye | TUR |
| Tuvalu | TUV |
| Uganda | UGA |
| Uruguay | URY |
| Uzbekistan | UZB |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT |
| Kosovo | XKX |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE |
Abstract
A 2021–22 Survey of Trade Promotion Organisations (TPOs) conducted by the World Bank to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their functioning uncovers significant heterogeneity in TPOs’ characteristics across countries, but also income levels. This led to different responses to the pandemic in terms of changes in TPOs’ budgets, the adoption of a COVID recovery plan, and the implementation of virtual programs to help exporters.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs)
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Arti Grover | World Bank |
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Ana M. Fernandes | World Bank | Investigator |
| Leonardo Iacovone | World Bank | Investigator |
| Marcelo Olarreaga | University of Geneva | Investigator |
| Yewon Choi | The Graduate Institute | Investigator |
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| COVID-19, Firms, and Trade project (P176994) | ETIIC, TIC (Prosperity) | Sponsoring Unit |
| Umbrella Facility for Trade trust fund (financed by the governments of the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) | ETIRI, TIC (Prosperity) | TF |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
A total of 135 national TPOs were contacted with a 16-question survey. By Spring 2022, 57 TPOs answered the survey. No sampling methodology was applied.
Response Rate
42 percent response rate
Survey instrument
Questionnaires
The questionnaire is provided in English, and downloadable under Downloads.
Data collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2021/07/01 | 2022/04/30 |
Mode of data collection
- Mail Questionnaire [mail]
Data Collectors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Theres Kluehs | World Bank |
| Yewon Choi | The Graduate Institute |
Data Access
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Arti Grover | World Bank | agrover1@worldbank.org |
| Ana M. Fernandes | World Bank | afernandes@worldbank.org |
Confidentiality
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | The data on Trade Promotion Organizations characteristics was collected under confidentiality agreement and therefore will be shareable only for countries that accept such sharing. |
Access conditions
Data will not be made publicly available but rather will be possible to obtain only through signature of a non-disclosure agreement signed with the World Bank.
Citation requirements
- “Trade Promotion Organizations in the Pandemic World" by Yewon Choi, Ana Fernandes, Arti Grover, Leonardo Iacovone, and Marcelo Olarreaga (2023). Policy Research Working Papers; 10374. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39595
- “The Impact of Trade Promotion Organizations on Exports: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Yewon Choi, Ana Fernandes, Arti Grover, Leonardo Iacovone, and Marcelo Olarreaga (2025).
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Arti Grover | World Bank | agrover1@worldbank.org |
| Ana M. Fernandes | World Bank | afernandes@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_WLD_2021-2022_TPOS_v01_M
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | DECDG | World Bank | Documentation of the study |