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The World Bank 2021-2022 survey of Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs)

Afghanistan, Albania, United Arab Emirates...and 54 more, 2021 - 2022
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WLD_2021-2022_TPOS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Arti Grover
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Created on
Jan 05, 2026
Last modified
Jan 05, 2026
  • Identification
  • Version
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    WLD_2021-2022_TPOS_v01_M
    Title

    The World Bank 2021-2022 survey of Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs)
    Country
    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

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    Version

    Version Date

    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.
    Response Rate

    42 percent response rate

    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 Email
    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
    1. “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
    2. “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).

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    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
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