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Reducing Trade Costs In Asia-Pacific Developing Countries / ESCAP ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- ESCAP studies in trade and investment 2414-0953 ; no.84.
- ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment, 2414-0953 ; no.84
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic and Social Development.
- International Trade and Finance.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic and Social Development.
- International Trade and Finance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2016.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This publication evaluates the current level of trade costs in the Asia-Pacific region and outlines recent evidence with regard to the impacts of various trade facilitation measures in reducing trade costs. Part I provides an overview of trade costs in Asia and the Pacific, based on the most recent update of the ESCAP-World Bank Trade Cost Database. Policies and factors affecting international trade costs are identified. Key findings and implications from a micro-level analysis of trade procedures in a wide range of Asia-Pacific developing economies are presented. Highlights and recommendations from some of the most recent ESCAP studies on trade facilitation and trade costs in Asia-Pacific are also summarized. Part II features abbreviated versions of five individual ESCAP studies summarized in Part I.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Introduction
- Reducing trade costs in Asia and the Pacific: Key findings and the way forward
- Facilitating participation of SMEs in trade: Financing and communication technology as key enablers
- Including landlocked developing countries: Trade facilitation potential of existing Asian transit agreements
- Agricultural trade costs in the Asia-Pacific region: A need for a sectoral approach to trade facilitation
- Estimating the Benefits of cross-boarder paperless trade in Asia and the Pacific.
- ISBN:
- 9789210581370
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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