Download or read book Integrated Approach to Trade and Transport Facilitation written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To promote smoother flows of goods across borders while reducing trade costs, this report explores an integrated approach to facilitating trade and transport across Asia and the Pacific, for better engagement in value chains. The report examines the current state of trade and transport facilitation, analyzes gaps in the available guidance, and provides strategic recommendations. It includes a framework for the assessment of trade readiness at national and subnational levels and illustrates its implementation through case studies of Cambodia and Thailand. The report aims to help governments boost the region's recovery from COVID-19 disruption by making cross-border trading and transport arrangements more efficient and more sustainable, inclusive, and equitable.
Download or read book Trade and Transport Facilitation written by John Raven and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report focuses on transport facilitation in developing countries in order to help promote trade in exports and economic growth. Each country has its own set of special characteristics, including significant border entry and import points. This report provides an analytical tool for those working in the field, complemented by practical suggestions, in order to identify facilitation problems and create effective remedial action plans. This report is an expanded version of the publication 'Trade and Transport Facilitation: An Audit Methodology' (ISBN: 0821347195), published by the World Bank in 2000.
Download or read book Regionalism and Trade Facilitation A Primer written by Jean-Christophe Maur and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper investigates when trade facilitation reform should be undertaken at the regional level. First, looking at both efficiency and implementation considerations, it confirms the perception that the regional dimension matters. Investigating where efficiency gains can be made, this research explains why national markets alone fail to produce the full scale economies and positive externalities of trade facilitation reform. Second, because trade facilitation policies need to address coordination and capacity failures, and because of the operational complexity challenge, the choice of the adequate platform for delivering reform is crucial. The lessons are that regional trade agreements offer good prospects of comprehensive and effective reform and can effectively complement multilateral and national initiatives. However, examples of implementation of trade facilitation reform in regional agreements do not seem to indicate that regional integration approaches have been more successful than trade facilitation through specific cooperation agreements or other efforts, multilateral or unilateral. Customs unions may be an exception here, and the author suggests reasons why this could be the case.
Download or read book Integration of Transport and Trade Facilitation written by T. R. Lakshmanan and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation With contributions from 35 leading economists, this forward-looking book explores the future of development economics against the background of the past half-century of development thought and practice. Outstanding representatives of the past two generations of development economists assess development thinking at the turn of the century and look to the unsettled questions confronting the next generation. The volume offers a thorough analysis of the broad range of issues involved in development economics, and it is especially timely in its critique of what is needed in development theory and policy to reduce poverty. An overriding issue is whether in the future development economics is to be regarded simply as applied economics or whether the nature and scope of development economics will constitute a need for a special development theory to supplement general economic theory. Frontiers of Development Economics is an ideal reference for all those working in the international development community. A Copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press.
Download or read book Trade Facilitation written by Patricia Sourdin and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In the last decade trade costs have been a subject of intense study in the international trade literature. Richard Pomfret and Patricia Sourdin provide a timely and accessible summary of what we know so far. Their comprehensive review of what we have learned is paired here with important new research in the area of trade facilitation. This is important reading for policymakers interested in international trade and trade-related economic development.' Russell Hillberry, University of Melbourne, Australia 'Few topics are as important in international economics as trade costs. Surprisingly, there are few studies that explicitly address that issue in detail. This makes the book of great value to both professional economists and policy makers worldwide helping them to understand the different concepts of trade costs, their determinants and how to reduce them using trade facilitation measures. The book is very well written and a must read for any person that has an interest in trade costs!' Matthias Busse, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany This up-to-date and informative book provides a comprehensive treatment of the costs of trading across borders and of trade facilitation policies. While traditional tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade have been reduced, international trade continues to involve higher costs in money and time than domestic trade. These include not only transport costs, that are determined by distance and commodity characteristics, but also at-the-border and behind-the-border costs which can be reduced by appropriate policies. Research on trade costs has flourished since the turn of the century, and this book by Patricia Sourdin and Richard Pomfret, takes stock of our increased knowledge of the nature and magnitude of trade costs, analysing why they are high and how they can be reduced to increase the gains from trade. Trade Facilitation will appeal to economists and policymakers at the national level and in multinational institutions, researchers and postgraduate students interested in international trade and trade policy, as well as students in international business.
Download or read book Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment' (TTFA) is a tool for identifying inefficiencies in international supply chains that limit a country s ability to compete in international trade. The TTFA examines problems that affect not only exports competitiveness, but also the ability to import and distribute inputs to production and consumer goods. This new TTFA toolkit was developed to meet the growing demand for facilitation and logistics reforms in an environment of increasing global competition and expanded trade in intermediate goods. It reflects practical experience and the change in the nature of demand from developing countries. The TTFA focuses on simplification and harmonization of trade-related procedures and identifies the opportunities for improving logistics services, infrastructure, and the overall performance of specific supply chains. It also outlines practices to develop plans of action with proper interactions with government agencies and stakeholders.
Download or read book Assessing the Potential Benefit of Trade Facilitation written by Catherine L. Mann and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trade and Transport Corridor Management Toolkit written by Charles Kunaka and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade and transport corridors are fundamental to the overland movement of international trade, particularly for landlocked countries. This book provides tools and techniques for the design of trade and transport corridor projects. It is meant for task managers, policy makers, and corridor service providers.
Download or read book Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment written by Monica Alina Mustra and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment written by International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regionalism and Trade Facilitation written by Jean-Christophe Maur and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper investigates when trade facilitation reform should be undertaken at the regional level. First, looking at both efficiency and implementation considerations, it confirms the perception that the regional dimension matters. Investigating where efficiency gains can be made, this research explains why national markets alone fail to produce the full scale economies and positive externalities of trade facilitation reform. Second, because trade facilitation policies need to address coordination and capacity failures, and because of the operational complexity challenge, the choice of the adequate platform for delivering reform is crucial. The lessons are that regional trade agreements offer good prospects of comprehensive and effective reform and can effectively complement multilateral and national initiatives. However, examples of implementation of trade facilitation reform in regional agreements do not seem to indicate that regional integration approaches have been more successful than trade facilitation through specific cooperation agreements or other efforts, multilateral or unilateral. Customs unions may be an exception here, and the author suggests reasons why this could be the case.
Download or read book Trade and Transport Facilitation written by Carlos F. de Castro and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Through Transport the Role of Trade Facilitation written by J A. Raven and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economics of Trade Facilitation written by Nirmal Sengupta and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book for the first time introduces trade facilitation, a measure that improves the capabilities of business, trade, and administrative organizations. The concept is explained through examples, theory, organizations involved, their development impacts, and implementation problems.
Download or read book Integrated Trade Facilitation Support for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trade Facilitation written by Marianthi Dimitra Skordili and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A country's integration in international trade is an important contribution to economic development. Trade facilitation is therefore considered to be a powerful tool to promote economic growth. Aid for trade takes up this idea and provides an approach to mitigate the costs for the implementation of trade friendly economic policies in developing countries. While the initiative is widely accepted as having a positive impact on the exports of these countries, it is rather unclear who will benefit most? This thesis contributes to the evaluation of AfT by analysing the time to export for different firm sizes. While one would expect that larger firms will have a better export administration, the thesis shows that there is no significant difference between different firm sizes. The thesis further extends the recent discussion of AfT by analysing supply chain integration. This has been achieved by re-analysing the export timeliness for the sectors of highest value chain integration and showing that these sectors are actually most sensitive to trade facilitation improvements. The thesis further addresses imports of intermediate goods and provides evidence that trade facilitation needs to also target the relevant import administrative procedures.
Download or read book Trade Facilitation and Maritime Transport written by Sofia Persson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
