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Modernizing Trade in Pakistan : Policy Reform Handbook
World Bank Group - 2019
This handbook intends to be a resource for those interested in trade policy reform, in Pakistan and elsewhere. It arose … from the Pakistan trade and investment policy program (PTIPP). The PTIPP was designed to work on trade, competitiveness …, and gender in Pakistan. This handbook focuses on two pillars of the PTIPP: trade policy and trade facilitation. The …
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No Time to Waste : The Challenges and Opportunities of Cleaner Trade for Vietnam
World Bank Group - 2022
The Twenty-sixth United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held in early November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland, at which Vietnam's Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh, pledged once again that Vietnam would be part of the global climate change solution. The country aims to increase the share...
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The Lao Trade Story : Implementing Trade Policy and Trade Facilitation Reforms in Lao PDR
World Bank Group - 2016
In 2015, Lao PDR is virtually unrecognizable from what it was just a decade ago. A more open, more outward trade landscape has transformed the country from a closed-off backwater into a fast-growing developing country, complete with coffee shops, restaurants, and billboards lining the streets of...
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Policy Options for Liberalizing Philippine Maritime Cabotage Restrictions
World Bank Group - 2014
The purpose of this policy note is to present reform options on cabotage liberalization. The goal of cabotage liberalization is to help i) foster more competition in the domestic shipping industry, ii) reduce shipping cost, and iii) improve efficiency, maritime services, and safety standards....
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Opening for Business : Myanmar Diagnostic Trade Integration Study
World Bank Group - 2016
As part of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) program for Trade-Related Assistance to Least Developed Countries (LCDs), which Myanmar joined in April 2013, the Government of Myanmar has asked the World Bank Group (WBG) to be the implementing agency for a Diagnostic Trade Integration Study...
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From Evidence to Policy : Supporting Nepal's Trade Integration Strategy
World Bank Group - 2016
In the last decades, slow growth and job creation have encouraged emigration, further dampening domestic sources of growth in Nepal. Tepid growth over the past decade, the slowest in the region, has resulted in few jobs being created, leading to more Nepalese workers seeking opportunities...
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Vietnam : Deepening International Integration and Implementing the EVFTA
World Bank Group - 2020
Following from Vietnam's ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in late 2018 and its effectiveness from January 2019, and the European Parliament's recent approval of the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and its...
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Republic of El Salvador Country Environmental Analysis : Improving Environmental Management to Address Trade Liberalization and Infrastructure Expansion
World Bank Group - 2006
El Salvador, a small country with limited national resources, needs to grow through its main comparative advantage, which is its strong culture of competitive businesses. To do so, however, the government needs to ensure that the best affordable environmental management is in place to secure...
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Samoa Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations
World Bank Group - 2020
Trade is widely recognized to be an engine of growth that creates jobs, reduces poverty, and increases economic opportunity. Trade facilitation measures are non-discriminatory and apply to all traders in their design; however, these measures may not necessarily impact or benefit all traders in...
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