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This paper discusses the potential for cross-South Pacific trade between selected Southeast Asian and Latin American economies. The objective of this discussion is to identify obstales for more intensive trade between the observed countries. Firstly, the paper reviews trends in trade flows and...
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This paper provides a short overview on two major approaches to competitiveness, namely a microeconomic approach that describes competitiveness as a firm-level approach and an institutional approach that takes a broader view and explains competitiveness as an institutions-based phenomenon,...
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This paper evaluates the potential contribution of both trade and business facilitation measures to trade and export competitiveness, as well as the potential gains from adopting a more integrated and coherent approach to trade and business (investment) facilitation. The analysis confirms that...
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The paper addresses preferential trade agreements in Asia and the Pacific with the objective of identifying their characteristics, which can be useful in assessing the effects of their implementation. The paper relies mostly on the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Agreement Database (APTIAD) in...
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This paper provides a short overview on the trade facilitation provisions in the RTAs in the Asia-Pacific region with a view to identifying the characteristics of trade facilitation provisions in existing RTAs and finding out good practices in this area. With the evolution of the definition of...
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Following a brief survey of the various economic cooperation programs and initiatives in which countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) - particularly Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) - are engaged, this paper examines the extent to which GMS...
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This paper provides trade facilitation practitioners involved in trade facilitation reforms with an overview of the main issues and suggested steps associated with managing the simplification and alignment of trade documents.
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This paper examines the progress made so far in achieving the trade targets of Millennium Development Goal 8 ("Building a Global Partnership for Development") with respect to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of Asia and the Pacific. The paper uses data from the OECD, WTO and UNDP, among...
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While much has been said about the need to promote intraregional trade and the importance of reducing associated trade costs, quantitative estimates of such costs have been lacking. A new comprehensive measure of international trade costs is applied in this paper to calculate ad valorem trade...
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This paper provides an update on the latest status of the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation issues. These negotiations focus on the clarification and improvement of relevant aspects of GATT Articles V, VIII, and X which contain provisions on goods in transit, fees, and formalities for...
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