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Regionalism and Trade Facilitation : A Primer / Maur, Jean-Christophe
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Maur, Jean-Christophe
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Border Crossing.
- Economies of Scale.
- Electronic Customs.
- Externalities.
- Free Trade.
- Inspection.
- International Economics & Trade.
- Law and Development.
- Public Sector Development.
- Rail.
- Road.
- Trade and Regional Integration.
- Trade Law.
- Trade Policy.
- Transit.
- Transport.
- Transport Economics, Policy and Planning.
- Trucks.
- Local Subjects:
- Border Crossing.
- Economies of Scale.
- Electronic Customs.
- Externalities.
- Free Trade.
- Inspection.
- International Economics & Trade.
- Law and Development.
- Public Sector Development.
- Rail.
- Road.
- Trade and Regional Integration.
- Trade Law.
- Trade Policy.
- Transit.
- Transport.
- Transport Economics, Policy and Planning.
- Trucks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (40 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2008
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper investigates when trade facilitation reform should be undertaken at the regional level. First, looking at both efficiency and implementation considerations, it confirms the perception that the regional dimension matters. Investigating where efficiency gains can be made, this research explains why national markets alone fail to produce the full scale economies and positive externalities of trade facilitation reform. Second, because trade facilitation policies need to address coordination and capacity failures, and because of the operational complexity challenge, the choice of the adequate platform for delivering reform is crucial. The lessons are that regional trade agreements offer good prospects of comprehensive and effective reform and can effectively complement multilateral and national initiatives. However, examples of implementation of trade facilitation reform in regional agreements do not seem to indicate that regional integration approaches have been more successful than trade facilitation through specific cooperation agreements or other efforts, multilateral or unilateral. Customs unions may be an exception here, and the author suggests reasons why this could be the case.
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