Impact of Trade Facilitation on Export Competitiveness: A Regional Perspective

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United Nations, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

United Nations, Contributor.

Series:

ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--Commercial policy.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] United Nations Publications 2010

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study is aimed to identify the major issues Asian developing countries must address to enhance export competitiveness through trade facilitation. The paper is composed of four parts. Part 1 examines the definition and scope of trade facilitation; part 2 presents the concept of export competitiveness and relevant indices; part 3 discusses the role of trade facilitation in enhancing export competitiveness; and part 4 identifies the major issues that developing countries in Asia should address in terms of trade facilitation to enhance export competitiveness and provides some policy recommendations.

Contents:

Enhancing export competitiveness through trade facilitation in Asia / Peng Bin

Enhancing Asia's trade, transport costs matter / Prabir De

Regional cooperation on trade and transport facilitation / Florian A. Alburo

Institutional quality and competitiveness in the Greater Mekong subregion / Sarah Mueller

The implication of customs modernization on export competitiveness in China / Zhang Shujie and Zhao Shilu

Trade and transport facilitation in Cambodia / Nop Sophorndara

Enhancing export competitiveness through trade facilitation: the experience of Sri Lanka / Suwendrani Manik Jayaratne.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789210543545

9210543548

OCLC:

1409686043