Measuring competitiveness and its sources The case of Mali's manufacturing sector * John Cockburn 1 Eckhard Siggel 2 Massa Coulibaly 3 Sylvain Vézina 4 October 9, 1998 * This study would not have been possible without the financial support of USAID's Equity and Growth through Economic Research (EAGER) project. We thank Bernard Decaluwé, Yazid Dissou, Nafissatou Guindo Konaré, Dirck Stryker, Curtis Youngblood, the Malian authorities and, of course, the numerous firms surveyed for their comments and collaboration. We would also like to acknowledge the efforts of our Malian research assistants, Dabitao Kassim and Mamadou Tangara, and our Ivorian research team, Oussou Kouassy, Félicien Tebili and Bohoun Bouabré. 1 Nuffield College and Centre for the Study of African Economies (Oxford University). This study was carried out while Mr. Cockburn was at the Centre de recherche en économie et finance appliquées (CRÉFA, Université Laval). 2 Concordia University and CREFA. 3 École nationale d'administration (Mali). 4 Ministry of Industry of Canada. The study was carried out while Mr. Vézina was at CRÉFA.