Trade Facilitation Capacity Needs

Author : Gbadebo Odularu,Philip Alege
Publisher : Springer
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030059460

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Trade Facilitation Capacity Needs by Gbadebo Odularu,Philip Alege Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of both national and regional trade facilitation capacities, issues, challenges and lessons, with a special interest in sustainably advancing West Africa’s regional trade facilitation agenda. It examines the contributions of trade facilitation towards enhancing regional integration and economic expansion in the face of increasing non-tariff barriers that highly characterises West African agri-food and non-agricultural markets. The authors recommend new conceptual frameworks, appropriate initiatives, and workable policy recipes towards enhancing West Africa’s trade facilitation agenda as well as the regional economic transformation trajectory in the face of the ongoing African Continental Free Trade Agreements (AfCFTA). The book underscores the geopolitics, opportunities and challenges that confront West Africa in the increasingly dynamic regional trade facilitation policy space. Readers will learn how West Africa can improve its regional trade facilitation game amidst emerging capacity challenges.

Author : Jean-Christophe Maur
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Border crossing
ISBN : 9780103113432

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Regionalism and Trade Facilitation: A Primer by Jean-Christophe Maur Pdf

Abstract: 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.

Author : John S. Wilson,Catherine L. Mann,Tsunehiro Otsuki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:931678378

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Assessing the Potential Benefit of Trade Facilitation by John S. Wilson,Catherine L. Mann,Tsunehiro Otsuki Pdf

The relationships between trade facilitation, trade flows, and capacity building are complex and challenging to assess, both empirically and in implementation. The authors measure and estimate the relationship between trade facilitation and trade flows across 75 countries in global trade, considering four important categories: port efficiency, customs environment, regulatory environment, and service sector infrastructure. A gravity model is employed that accounts for bilateral trade flows in manufactured goods in 2000-01 between the 75 countries, using traditional factors such as GDP, distance, language, and trade areas, and is augmented by the trade facilitation measures in the four categories for each country. The results suggest that both imports and exports for a country and for the world will increase with improvements in these trade facilitation measures. Potential gains from trade facilitation reforms are predicted by using the estimated parameters. The gains from trade facilitation are presented by comparing the gains across geographical regions and trade facilitation categories, and by domestic and partner improvements. The total gain in trade flow in manufacturing goods from trade facilitation improvements in all the four areas is estimated to be $377 billion. All regions gain in imports and exports. Most regions gain more in terms of exports than imports, in large part through increasing exports to the OECD market. The most important ingredient in getting these gains, particularly to the OECD market, is the country's own trade facilitation efforts. The detailed presentation of the results of the analysis may help inform policy decisions and capacity building choices.

Author : Nirmal Sengupta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822035474477

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Economics of Trade Facilitation by Nirmal Sengupta Pdf

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.

Author : John S. Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1290705892

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Assessing the Potential Benefit of Trade Facilitation by John S. Wilson Pdf

The relationships between trade facilitation, trade flows, and capacity building are complex and challenging to assess, both empirically and in implementation. Wilson, Mann, and Otsuki measure and estimate the relationship between trade facilitation and trade flows across 75 countries in global trade, considering four important categories: Port efficiency, customs environment, regulatory environment, and service sector infrastructure. A gravity model is employed that accounts for bilateral trade flows in manufactured goods in 2000-01 between the 75 countries, using traditional factors such as GDP, distance, language, and trade areas, and is augmented by the trade facilitation measures in the four categories for each country. The results suggest that both imports and exports for a country and for the world will increase with improvements in these trade facilitation measures. Potential gains from trade facilitation reforms are predicted by using the estimated parameters. The gains from trade facilitation are presented by comparing the gains across geographical regions and trade facilitation categories, and by domestic and partner improvements. The total gain in trade flow in manufacturing goods from trade facilitation improvements in all the four areas is estimated to be $377 billion. All regions gain in imports and exports. Most regions gain more in terms of exports than imports, in large part through increasing exports to the OECD market. The most important ingredient in getting these gains, particularly to the OECD market, is the country's own trade facilitation efforts. The detailed presentation of the results of the analysis may help inform policy decisions and capacity building choices.This paper - a joint product of the Transport Unit, Urban Development Department, and Trade, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the Bank to explore the link between trade and development.

Author : Catherine L. Mann,Tsunehiro Otsuki
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Information technology
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Assessing the Potential Benefit of Trade Facilitation by Catherine L. Mann,Tsunehiro Otsuki Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264277571

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Trade Facilitation and the Global Economy by OECD Pdf

This report discusses the benefits of trade facilitation - meant to promote transparent, predictable and straightforward border procedures so as to expedite the movement of goods. The OECD Trade Facilitation indicators provide a powerful tool for assessing the impact of related reforms and moni

Author : J. M. Finger,John Sullivan Wilson
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Commerce
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Implementing a WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation by J. M. Finger,John Sullivan Wilson Pdf

"Contrary to the prevailing view that the Doha negotiations have achieved little, the authors find that on trade facilitation much progress has been made. This is particularly true in regard to action by development banks and bilateral development agencies to meet client demand for assistance in reform. Active private sector participation has been an important factor driving change. Many agencies have been involved in this work. The authors find that their roles have been consistent with their comparative advantages. As to how the international community can best support continued progress, the authors conclude in favor of a cautious approach to the imposition of new WTO obligations in the area of trade facilitation. On the whole, this is the approach the WTO has taken, for example, by limiting its negotiations on trade facilitation to several specific provisions of the GATT. The WTO can continue to function as a catalyst for reform. It is perhaps uniquely placed to relate the trade facilitation agenda to the overall trade agenda. On design and construction of the relevant infrastructures and capacities to spur development, the development institutions, including bilateral agencies, should continue to lead. The authors find little evidence to support the need for a comprehensive new "platform" or mechanism to channel trade-related aid as part of implementation of any new agreement at the WTO on trade facilitation. They recommend, however, that an innovative approach to using the well established, but under utilized Trade Policy Review Mechanism be considered to increase transparency on where new aid is going over time and to expand understanding of where and how country-based progress has been achieved."--World Bank web site.

Author : Sheela Rai,Jane Winn
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527536333

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Trade Facilitation and the WTO by Sheela Rai,Jane Winn Pdf

With efforts for further substantive liberalization of trade showing little signs of success, focus has shifted to the rationalization and simplification of procedural regulations in international trade. The Agreement on the Trade Facilitation in Goods came into force in 2017, and proposals for similar agreements for trade in services and foreign investment have been submitted and are under discussion. This book discusses both existing and proposed provisions on trade facilitation within the World Trade Organisation (WTO). It covers relevant General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) provisions and jurisprudence, the negotiating history of the Trade Facilitation Agreement in Goods, provisions of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and their relevance for developing countries’ concerns, with special emphasis on India, and the prospects for a global digital trade facilitation platform. The book also discusses the desirability for trade facilitation agreements for services and investment and the possibility of success of the proposals submitted in this regard in the WTO.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Doha Development Agenda
ISBN : UOM:39015068776189

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Capacity Development of Selected Developing Member Countries on the Implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Trade Organization ( Financed by the Japan Special Fund) by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Author : Jean-Christophe Maur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:931668721

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Regionalism and Trade Facilitation by Jean-Christophe Maur Pdf

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.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264028609

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The Development Dimension Aid for Trade Making it Effective by OECD Pdf

This book sets out how much aid OECD countries are already providing towards trade-related activities in developing countries, reviews the effectiveness of existing programmes, and makes recommendations for improvements.

Author : Aparna Shivpuri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Foreign trade promotion
ISBN : UOM:39015067817513

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Trade Facilitation by Aparna Shivpuri Pdf

Contributed articles with reference to developing countries coordinated under the program International Working Group on Doha Agenda .

Author : Marwa Abdou,Ronald Antonio Butiong,Utsav Kumar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9292618687

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Borders Without Barriers by Marwa Abdou,Ronald Antonio Butiong,Utsav Kumar Pdf

This book presents an analysis of the state of trade facilitation in member countries of the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program. It includes country-level studies and identifies four common trade facilitation priorities among SASEC countries: (i) implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement and other international conventions; (ii) logistics and infrastructure development, and related regulatory reforms; (iii) coordinated border management; and (iv) institutions and capacity building.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-10-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264194755

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The DAC Guidelines Strengthening Trade Capacity for Development by OECD Pdf

These Guidelines help developing countries enhance their capacity to trade and participate more effectively in the international rule-making and institutional mechanisms that shape the global trading system. They also provide a common reference point for the trade, aid and finance comunities.