**Table A 2: Groups of Products with Revealed Comparative Advantage in Togo, 1992‐96 vs 2002‐06.**

|**"The Marginals" (with export shares>0.1%, each)**<br>**Classification: SITC2-3 Digits**|**No RCA in either 1**<br>**Growth 2000-06 /**|**S**<br>**990-1996 o**<br>**1990-96**|**hare 00/06**<br>**r 2000-2006**|**"The Classics" RCA in both 1**<br>**Classification: SITC2-3 Digits**|**990-1996 & 2000-2**<br>**Growth 2000-06**|**006**<br>**/ 1990-96**|**Share 00/06**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Code**<br>**Product Name**<br>|**Togo**<br>|<br>**World**<br>|<br>**in Togo**|**Code**<br>**Product Name**<br>|**Togo**<br>|**World**<br>|<br>**in Togo**|
|11 Meat,edible meat offals, fresh, chi|46.7%|4.2%|<br>0.19%|35 Fish,dried,salted or in brine ; smo|14.3%|1.9%|<br>0.5%|
|57 Fruit & nuts(not includ. oil nuts),|4.4%|4.7%|0.42%|36 Crustaceans and molluscs,fresh,chil|‐7.5%|3.2%|0.4%|
|98Edible products and preparationsn.|19.1%|8.1%|0.28%|71Coffee and coffee substitutes|‐6.0%|1.2%|1.9%|
|112 Alcoholic beverages|21.7%|6.0%|0.20%|72Cocoa|19.2%|5.3%|7.2%|
|522 Inorganic chemicalelements,oxides|41.8%|6.5%|0.12%|75 Spices|10.0%|5.7%|0.1%|
|553 Perfumery,cosmetics and toilet prep|31.1%|9.9%|0.13%|81 Feed.stuff for animals(not incl.unm|4.2%|4.1%|1.1%|
|634 Veneers,plywood,improved or reconst|39.4%|4.5%|0.11%|222 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit,whol|23.4%|5.5%|1.6%|
|635 Wood manufactures,n.e.s.|8.2%|7.7%|0.11%|223 Oils seeds and oleaginous fruit, wh|‐5.8%|4.7%|0.1%|
|642 Paper and paperboard,cut to size or|35.3%|6.7%|0.16%|263 Cotton|1.3%|0.5%|14.1%|
|653Fabrics,woven,of man‐madefibres|38.9%|1.5%|0.30%|271 Fertilizers,crude|‐4.2%|1.0%|11.4%|
|657Specialtextilefabrics andrelated|19.1%|5.8%|0.10%|292Crudevegetablematerials,n.e.s.|‐1.0%|3.9%|0.3%|
|674Universals,plates and sheets,of iro|23.1%|7.4%|0.27%|334 Petroleumproducts,refined|27.0%|10.6%|18.1%|
|678 Tubes,pipes and fittings,of iron or|29.8%|6.6%|0.17%|424 Other fixed vegetable oils,fluid or|13.5%|7.3%|1.2%|
|697 Household equipment of base metal,n|31.1%|7.3%|0.20%|661 Lime,cement,and fabricated construc|39.5%|6.2%|10.3%|
|723 Civil engineering & contractors pla|55.3%|8.8%|0.12%|941 Animals,live,n.e.s.,incl. zoo‐anima|‐3.1%|5.4%|0.2%|
|778 Electrical machinery and apparatus,|31.6%|8.4%|0.23%|||||
|<br>781 Passenger motorcars,fortransport|43.9%|7.9%|2.93%||**To**|**tal ------>**|**68.4%**|
|782 Motor vehiclesfortransport ofgoo|33.2%|7.3%|0.85%|||||
|785Motorcycles,motorscooters,invalid|48.6%|6.0%|0.21%|||||
|786 Trailers & other vehicles,not motor|49.9%|8.9%|0.15%|**"Emerging Products" No RCA in 19**|**90-1996 & RCA in**|**2000-2006**||
|<br>821 Furniture and parts thereof|15.5%|9.2%|0.11%|<br>**Classification: SITC2-3 Digits**|<br>**Growth 2000-06**|<br>**/ 1990-96**|**Share 00/06**|
|845 Outer garments and other articles,k|39.5%|6.7%|0.16%|**Code**<br>**Product Name**|**Togo**|**World**|**in Togo**|
|<br>846 Under garments,knitted or crocheted|28.3%|7.8%|0.15%|22 Milk and cream|37.9%|4.9%|0.4%|
|851 Footwear|19.8%|4.6%|0.21%|23Butter|79.8%|3.2%|0.1%|
|893Articles of materials describedin|13.2%|8.0%|0.21%|34 Fish,fresh(live ordead),chilled o|21.5%|4.8%|1.1%|
|971 Gold,non‐monetary|7.6%|5.1%|0.25%|42 Rice|33.0%|4.7%|0.4%|
|||||46 Meal and flour of wheat and flour o|40.7%|2.6%|0.5%|
|**Share of Marginals(each with an export share>0**|**.1%) on total exp **|**orts ----->**|**8.4%**|54 Vegetab.,fresh,chilled,frozen/pres.|7.4%|4.8%|0.4%|
|||||56 Vegetab.,roots & tubers,prepared/pr|10.5%|4.4%|0.1%|
|||||58 Fruit,preserved,and fruit preparati<br>|25.2%|4.5%|0.4%|
|**Marginal Products with Share in Togo's**|**Overall Exports 20**|**00-2006<0.**|**1%**|61Sugarandhoney|33.6%|4.1%|0.3%|
|**Classification: SITC2-3 Digits**|**Growth 2000-06 /**|**S**<br>**1990-96**|**hare 00/06**|62Sugarconfectionery and othersugar|32.6%|7.0%|0.1%|
||**Togo**|**World**|**in Togo**|91 Margarine and shortening|46.6%|10.0%|0.5%|
|**151 groups of products, each with share in Togo's**|||**280%**|111 Non alcoholic beverages,n.e.s.|41.2%|10.1%|0.2%|
|**total exports<0.1% during 2000‐2006**|||**.**|247 Other wood in the rough or roughly|35.8%|0.5%|1.7%|
|||||248 Wood,simply worked,and railway slee|39.1%|3.1%|0.4%|
|**Total share of the marginals -------------------------------**|**---------------------------**|**----------->**|**11.2%**|269 Old clothing and otherold textile|37.8%|5.8%|0.2%|
|||||273 Stone,sand and gravel|45.6%|5.2%|0.3%|
|||||282 Waste and scrapmetalof ironorst|32.4%|9.8%|1.0%|
|**"Disappearances" RCA in 1992-199**|**6 & No RCA in 20**|**00-2006**||288 Non‐ferrous base metal waste and sc|17.4%|6.8%|0.4%|
|**Classification: SITC2-3 Digits**|**Growth 2000-06 /**|**S**<br>**1990-96**|**hare 00/06**|335 Residual petroleum products,nes.& r|62.2%|10.2%|0.2%|
|**Code**<br>**Product Name**|**Togo**|**World**|**in Togo**|<br>423 Fixed vegetable oils,soft,crude,ref|91.2%|6.1%|0.2%|
|245 Fuel wood (excluding wood waste) an|‐23.9%|7.7%|0.0%|554 Soap,cleansing and polishing prepar|40.4%|8.4%|0.3%|
|667 Pearlsprecious& semi‐prec.stonesu|‐11.5%|9.4%|0.5%|562 Fertilizersmanufactured|17.8%|5.1%|0.6%|
|,,<br>844Undergarments oftextilefabrics|‐18.8%|2.0%|0.0%|,<br>583Polymerizationand copolymerization|47.9%|8.3%|2.7%|
|896Works ofart,collectors pieces & an|‐2.5%|4.3%|0.1%|591 Disinfectants,insecticides,fungicid|51.1%|6.1%|1.2%|
|||||652 Cotton fabrics,woven|43.1%|3.0%|2.9%|
|**Total share of disappearances ----------------------------**|**----------------------------**|**--------->**|**0.6%**|656 Tulle,lace,embroidery,ribbons,& oth|41.7%|5.2%|0.1%|
|||||<br>673 Iron and steel bars,rods,angles,sha|51.1%|6.1%|1.6%|
|||||677 Iron/steel wire,wheth/not coated,bu<br>721 Agricultural machineryandparts|51.9%<br>741%|7.3%<br>62%|0.1%<br>03%|
|||||<br>783Roadmotor vehicles,n.e.s.|.<br>59.9%|.<br>7.7%|.<br>0.6%|
|||||899 Other miscellaneousmanufactured ar|15.4%|8.4%|0.5%|
||||||**To**|**tal ------>**|**19.8%**|

_Source_ : PRMED staff calculations based on UN/COMTRADE data.

**Table A4. Mincerian regression of income on education and a set of controls**

|**Mincerian regressions of**|**income per individual, Togo 2006**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**Number obs.**||**1507**|
||**Prob F>0**||**0**|
|**Dependent variable**|**: Individual income, in logs**<br>**R‐squared**||**0.37**|
||**Coefficient**|**t‐statistic**||
||Years of Education<br>0.05|5.24|*******|
||Age<br>0.03|6.01|*******|
||Age, Squared<br>0.00|‐4.51|*******|
||Male (Dummy=1)<br>0.61|20.01|*******|
||Married (dummy=1)<br>0.05|2.51|*******|
||Literate (dummy=1)<br>0.03|0.10||
|Default is:|Education type, General<br>‐0.08|0.09||
|Professional|Education type, Technical<br>‐0.13|0.11||
||Private Employee (dummy=1)<br>0.10|1.87|*****|
||Salaried worker<br>0.07|3.01|*******|
|default sector is:|Primary Sector<br>‐0.14|0.18||
|Tertiary|Secondary Sector<br>0.12|0.04||
||constant<br>2.32|17.08|*******|
|*** =Significant at|1% ;** =Significant at 5%;* =Significant at10%|||

**_Source_ : Authors’ calculations based on Core Welfare Survey, 2006.**

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