Facilitating Trade and Logistics for E-Commerce : Building Blocks, Challenges, and Ways Forward

The objective of this note is to identify the key issues in trade facilitation and logistics that affect the e-commerce landscape, with a focus on cross border (trade facilitation) domestic delivery (logistics); highlight key challenges and opportu...

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Main Author: Huria, Ankur
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/645791578285992456/Facilitating-Trade-and-Logistics-for-E-Commerce-Building-Blocks-Challenges-and-Ways-Forward
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spelling okr-10986-331742021-05-25T09:31:45Z Facilitating Trade and Logistics for E-Commerce : Building Blocks, Challenges, and Ways Forward Huria, Ankur TRADE FACILITATION E-COMMERCE TRADE LOGISTICS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY DATA PRIVACY DATA PROTECTION ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY REGIONAL INTEGRATION The objective of this note is to identify the key issues in trade facilitation and logistics that affect the e-commerce landscape, with a focus on cross border (trade facilitation) domestic delivery (logistics); highlight key challenges and opportunities, particularly for developing countries and small and medium enterprises (SMEs); and provide a roadmap for potential areas of World Bank (WB) support in that landscape. This work has broadly covered areas such as customs and border management; information and communications technology for trade; logistics services, including competition issues; and trade-related infrastructure (ports, inland ports, airports, and so on). This note identifies the various issues and challenges relating to e-commerce from a facilitation and logistics point of view and identifies potential solutions, particularly those in which the WBG can play a role in helping developing countries. The note draws from a wide array of developments and literature and from work done by the WBG more generally in trade facilitation and logistics in assisting countries to improve their trade environment. The note explores the required building blocks for facilitating cross-border e-commerce as to address the challenges raised and consist of: (a) improvement programs for creating a more conducive legal environment for automation; (b) improving automation and interconnectivity between agencies; (c) implementing simplified procedures to trade, including for e-commerce; and (d) implementing fully the World Trade Organizations (WTO’s) trade facilitation agreement. The note concludes with the summation that e-commerce offers new challenges and opportunities for governments and firms, but to maximize its benefits requires significant reform. This note has set out a path for countries to continuing the reform and modernization route with recommendations and an action matrix of specific improvements to the trade facilitation and logistics environment that will better position countries and firms to take advantage of the enormous potential that cross border e-commerce offers. 2020-01-14T16:55:07Z 2020-01-14T16:55:07Z 2019-12 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/645791578285992456/Facilitating-Trade-and-Logistics-for-E-Commerce-Building-Blocks-Challenges-and-Ways-Forward http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33174 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work
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topic TRADE FACILITATION
E-COMMERCE
TRADE LOGISTICS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
CONNECTIVITY
DATA PRIVACY
DATA PROTECTION
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
spellingShingle TRADE FACILITATION
E-COMMERCE
TRADE LOGISTICS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
CONNECTIVITY
DATA PRIVACY
DATA PROTECTION
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
Huria, Ankur
Facilitating Trade and Logistics for E-Commerce : Building Blocks, Challenges, and Ways Forward
description The objective of this note is to identify the key issues in trade facilitation and logistics that affect the e-commerce landscape, with a focus on cross border (trade facilitation) domestic delivery (logistics); highlight key challenges and opportunities, particularly for developing countries and small and medium enterprises (SMEs); and provide a roadmap for potential areas of World Bank (WB) support in that landscape. This work has broadly covered areas such as customs and border management; information and communications technology for trade; logistics services, including competition issues; and trade-related infrastructure (ports, inland ports, airports, and so on). This note identifies the various issues and challenges relating to e-commerce from a facilitation and logistics point of view and identifies potential solutions, particularly those in which the WBG can play a role in helping developing countries. The note draws from a wide array of developments and literature and from work done by the WBG more generally in trade facilitation and logistics in assisting countries to improve their trade environment. The note explores the required building blocks for facilitating cross-border e-commerce as to address the challenges raised and consist of: (a) improvement programs for creating a more conducive legal environment for automation; (b) improving automation and interconnectivity between agencies; (c) implementing simplified procedures to trade, including for e-commerce; and (d) implementing fully the World Trade Organizations (WTO’s) trade facilitation agreement. The note concludes with the summation that e-commerce offers new challenges and opportunities for governments and firms, but to maximize its benefits requires significant reform. This note has set out a path for countries to continuing the reform and modernization route with recommendations and an action matrix of specific improvements to the trade facilitation and logistics environment that will better position countries and firms to take advantage of the enormous potential that cross border e-commerce offers.
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title Facilitating Trade and Logistics for E-Commerce : Building Blocks, Challenges, and Ways Forward
title_short Facilitating Trade and Logistics for E-Commerce : Building Blocks, Challenges, and Ways Forward
title_full Facilitating Trade and Logistics for E-Commerce : Building Blocks, Challenges, and Ways Forward
title_fullStr Facilitating Trade and Logistics for E-Commerce : Building Blocks, Challenges, and Ways Forward
title_full_unstemmed Facilitating Trade and Logistics for E-Commerce : Building Blocks, Challenges, and Ways Forward
title_sort facilitating trade and logistics for e-commerce : building blocks, challenges, and ways forward
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/645791578285992456/Facilitating-Trade-and-Logistics-for-E-Commerce-Building-Blocks-Challenges-and-Ways-Forward
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