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Access to international markets plays a critical role in an economy's growth and development. Trade facilitation, the simplification, modernization, and harmonization of export and import processes has therefore emerged as an important issue for countries, as is reflected in the World Trade...
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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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This paper reviews the alignment of the customs act of Jamaica to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and recommends changes where gaps are identified. In part II of this paper, the customs act is reviewed against each of the TFA technical measures, in order...
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Improving Kosovo's export competitiveness can help to catalyze growth and reduce poverty. As a small economy, Kosovo will benefit from integration, both globally and regionally, to exploit scale economies from access to a larger market. Higher exports will not only contribute to growth and lower...
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The Country Opinion Survey in Vietnam assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Vietnam perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments …, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Vietnam on 1) their views regarding the …
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selection (GBSS) in Vietnam in terms of demographic projections and policy reforms to inform decision makers and program …
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Vietnam is a Southeast Asian nation with an extensive coastline and diverse but generally warm climate including … coastal lowlands and deltas and rural areas face issues of poverty and deprivation, Vietnam has been ranked among the five … Vietnam. This includes rapid onset and long- term changes in key climate parameters, as well as impacts of these changes on …
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Vietnam is a young country on the cusp of a dramatic aging of the population that is taking place at a faster pace and … at an earlier level of development than most other countries in the world. Though Vietnam's favorable demographic window … rapidly aging society. Vietnam has achieved vibrant economic growth and poverty reduction over the past few decades, thanks in …
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