sizes around the world. Raballand and Aldaz-Carroll examine the case of pallets to illustrate the impact of multiplicity of … standards on trade costs. They select this case because pallets are used all around the world, pallet standards are not too … standards, the World Bank's strategy should be divided in two directions: to develop awareness of costs related to the …

has been informed by work underway at the World Bank on trade facilitation over the past several years to catalogue data … provides insight into the type of new data that might be developed in the future. "--World Bank web site …

countries but not necessarily with the rest of the world. Adopting a common standard in a region--that is, harmonization … a larger effort in the group to understand the implications for trade of agreements on standards"--World Bank web site …

"The authors determine how time delays affect international trade using newly collected World Bank data on the days it …-sensitive to time-insensitive agricultural goods by 6 percent. "--World Bank web site …