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Trade facilitation provisions in regional trade agreements traits and trends
Neufeld, Nora - 2014 - Manuscript date: January 15, 2014
The paper first surveys the Trade Facilitation landscape at the regional level and analyses the main forces shaping it. It identifies key factors driving regional Facilitation approaches, examining their priorities, features and underlying philosophies. The study also highlights significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230933
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A new look at the extensive trade margin effects of trade facilitation
Beverelli, Cosimo; Neumüller, Simon; Teh, Robert - 2014 - Manuscript date: 13 October 2014
We estimate the effects of trade facilitation on the extensive margins of trade. Using OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators - which closely reflect the Trade Facilitation Agreement negotiated at the Bali WTO Ministerial Conference of December 2013 - we show that trade facilitation in a given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417170
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426539
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Making (small) firms happy : the heterogeneous effect of trade facilitation measures
Fontagné, Lionel; Orefice, Gianluca; Piermartini, Roberta - 2016 - Manuscript date: 02 April 2016
procedures mainly benefit small firms, the simplification of documents and automation tend to favor large firms' trade. This is … particular), other chapters in the TFA reduce the scope for corruption at borders, making large firms less reluctant to serve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482205
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Reducing trade costs in LDCs : the role of Aid for Trade
Lanz, Rainer; Roberts, Michael; Taal, Sainabou - 2016 - Manuscript date: July 2016
This study analyses the role of Aid for Trade in reducing trade costs in least developed countries (LDCs). The analysis builds on questionnaires and case stories submitted as part of the Aid-for-Trade monitoring and evaluation exercise for the Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade. Trade costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504627
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Lessons learned and challenges ahead for the WTO Trade Monitoring exercise
Bogetoft Pedersen, Peter; Diakantoni, Antonia - 2020 - Manuscript date: 10 December 2019
A little over a decade has passed since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. Shortly after the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, an internal Secretariat Task Force was established by the WTO Director-General to monitor the trade-related developments associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175231
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Trade facilitation provisions in regional trade agreements traits and trends
Neufeld, Nora - 2014 - Manuscript date: January 15, 2014
The paper first surveys the Trade Facilitation landscape at the regional level and analyses the main forces shaping it. It identifies key factors driving regional Facilitation approaches, examining their priorities, features and underlying philosophies. The study also highlights significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882805
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TBT and Trade Facilitation Agreements : leveraging linkages to reduce trade costs
Ayral, Serra - 2016 - Manuscript date: 01 June 2016
provisions on transparency and conformity assessment procedures, some of which are applied at the border, are of particular … well as raising awareness amongst trade/customs officials of existing rules and evolving practices in the TBT area. The … facilitation projects. The procedures and practices of the WTO TBT Committee, especially with regards to transparency and specific …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482193
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Trade issues affecting disaster response
Roberts, Michael; Mohammed, Nazia - 2017 - Manuscript date: March 2017
The frequency, severity and economic impact of natural disasters are growing. Import surges resulting from disaster-response efforts can highlight underlying structural failings in the border clearance regimes of disaster-affected countries. Relief supplies, specialized personnel and agencies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632722
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A new look at the extensive trade margin effects of trade facilitation
Beverelli, Cosimo; Neumüller, Simon; Teh, Robert - 2014 - Manuscript date: 13 October 2014
We estimate the effects of trade facilitation on the extensive margins of trade. Using OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators – which closely reflect the Trade Facilitation Agreement negotiated at the Bali WTO Ministerial Conference of December 2013 – we show that trade facilitation in a given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882814