Regionalism and Trade Facilitation : A Primer
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 wh...
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ACCESS ROADS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AIR AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRANSPORT AIRPORT AIRPORT HUBS AIRPORTS BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER DELAYS BORDER MANAGEMENT BORDER PROTECTION CARRIERS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES COMMON MARKET COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE PRESSURES CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT COOPERATION AGREEMENTS COST OF TRANSPORT CRIMINAL PROCEDURES CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS CODES CUSTOMS DUTIES CUSTOMS INTEGRITY CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS SERVICES CUSTOMS UNION CUSTOMS UNIONS CUSTOMS VALUATION DESTINATION COUNTRY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC TRANSPORT DRIVING DUE PROCESS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRONIC CUSTOMS ELECTRONIC SYSTEM ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT COSTS EXPORT MARKETS EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TRADE EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL SERVICES FIXED COSTS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDER FREIGHT TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY INCOME COUNTRIES INCREASING COMPETITION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES INSPECTION INSPECTION OF GOODS INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS INTER-COUNTRY EXTERNALITIES INTERNAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL RULES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL TREATIES JOINT VENTURE JURISDICTION LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LEGAL INSTRUMENTS LEGAL REGIMES LEGAL SYSTEMS LETTERS OF CREDIT LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE MARGINAL COST MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET SOLUTIONS MOBILITY MODE OF TRANSPORT MODES OF TRANSPORT MOTOR VEHICLE MULTILATERAL APPROACH MULTILATERAL CONTEXT MULTILATERAL EFFORTS MULTILATERAL LEVEL MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING NATIONAL BORDERS NATIONAL MARKETS NATIONAL TREATMENT NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS POLICE POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW PORT AUTHORITY PORT OF DESTINATION PORT OF ENTRY PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PUBLIC GOODS RAIL RAIL NETWORK RAIL SYSTEMS RAIL TRANSIT RAILROADS RAILWAYS REGIONAL ACCREDITATION BODIES REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL GROUPINGS REGIONAL HARMONIZATION REGIONAL INITIATIVES REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS REGIONAL INTERVENTION REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MARKETS REGIONAL SOLUTIONS REGIONAL STANDARDS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONAL TRANSIT REGIONAL TRANSPORT REGIONALISM REGULATORY COMPETITION REGULATORY COOPERATION RESTRICTIVE REGULATIONS ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USER ROAD USER FEES ROUTE ROUTES RULES OF ORIGIN SCALE ECONOMIES TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF STRUCTURES TAX TAX REVENUE TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CONCESSIONS TRADE CREATION TRADE DIVERSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FACILITATION ISSUES TRADE FACILITATION MEASURES TRADE FACILITATION SERVICES TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE REGIME TRADE TRANSACTION TRADING PARTNERS TRAINS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSIT CORRIDORS TRANSIT OPERATIONS TRANSIT ROUTES TRANSIT SERVICES TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSIT TRADE TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT FACILITATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT OF GOODS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRUCKS TRUE VEHICLE INSURANCE VEHICLES WORKING CAPITAL |
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ACCESS ROADS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AIR AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRANSPORT AIRPORT AIRPORT HUBS AIRPORTS BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER DELAYS BORDER MANAGEMENT BORDER PROTECTION CARRIERS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES COMMON MARKET COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE PRESSURES CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT COOPERATION AGREEMENTS COST OF TRANSPORT CRIMINAL PROCEDURES CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS CODES CUSTOMS DUTIES CUSTOMS INTEGRITY CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS SERVICES CUSTOMS UNION CUSTOMS UNIONS CUSTOMS VALUATION DESTINATION COUNTRY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC TRANSPORT DRIVING DUE PROCESS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRONIC CUSTOMS ELECTRONIC SYSTEM ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT COSTS EXPORT MARKETS EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TRADE EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL SERVICES FIXED COSTS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDER FREIGHT TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY INCOME COUNTRIES INCREASING COMPETITION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES INSPECTION INSPECTION OF GOODS INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS INTER-COUNTRY EXTERNALITIES INTERNAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL RULES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL TREATIES JOINT VENTURE JURISDICTION LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LEGAL INSTRUMENTS LEGAL REGIMES LEGAL SYSTEMS LETTERS OF CREDIT LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE MARGINAL COST MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET SOLUTIONS MOBILITY MODE OF TRANSPORT MODES OF TRANSPORT MOTOR VEHICLE MULTILATERAL APPROACH MULTILATERAL CONTEXT MULTILATERAL EFFORTS MULTILATERAL LEVEL MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING NATIONAL BORDERS NATIONAL MARKETS NATIONAL TREATMENT NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS POLICE POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW PORT AUTHORITY PORT OF DESTINATION PORT OF ENTRY PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PUBLIC GOODS RAIL RAIL NETWORK RAIL SYSTEMS RAIL TRANSIT RAILROADS RAILWAYS REGIONAL ACCREDITATION BODIES REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL GROUPINGS REGIONAL HARMONIZATION REGIONAL INITIATIVES REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS REGIONAL INTERVENTION REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MARKETS REGIONAL SOLUTIONS REGIONAL STANDARDS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONAL TRANSIT REGIONAL TRANSPORT REGIONALISM REGULATORY COMPETITION REGULATORY COOPERATION RESTRICTIVE REGULATIONS ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USER ROAD USER FEES ROUTE ROUTES RULES OF ORIGIN SCALE ECONOMIES TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF STRUCTURES TAX TAX REVENUE TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CONCESSIONS TRADE CREATION TRADE DIVERSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FACILITATION ISSUES TRADE FACILITATION MEASURES TRADE FACILITATION SERVICES TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE REGIME TRADE TRANSACTION TRADING PARTNERS TRAINS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSIT CORRIDORS TRANSIT OPERATIONS TRANSIT ROUTES TRANSIT SERVICES TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSIT TRADE TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT FACILITATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT OF GOODS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRUCKS TRUE VEHICLE INSURANCE VEHICLES WORKING CAPITAL Maur, Jean-Christophe Regionalism and Trade Facilitation : A Primer |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4464 |
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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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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Maur, Jean-Christophe |
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Maur, Jean-Christophe |
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Maur, Jean-Christophe |
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Regionalism and Trade Facilitation : A Primer |
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Regionalism and Trade Facilitation : A Primer |
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Regionalism and Trade Facilitation : A Primer |
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Regionalism and Trade Facilitation : A Primer |
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Regionalism and Trade Facilitation : A Primer |
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regionalism and trade facilitation : a primer |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-64632021-04-23T14:02:30Z Regionalism and Trade Facilitation : A Primer Maur, Jean-Christophe ACCESS ROADS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AIR AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRANSPORT AIRPORT AIRPORT HUBS AIRPORTS BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER DELAYS BORDER MANAGEMENT BORDER PROTECTION CARRIERS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES COMMON MARKET COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE PRESSURES CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT COOPERATION AGREEMENTS COST OF TRANSPORT CRIMINAL PROCEDURES CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS CODES CUSTOMS DUTIES CUSTOMS INTEGRITY CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS SERVICES CUSTOMS UNION CUSTOMS UNIONS CUSTOMS VALUATION DESTINATION COUNTRY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC TRANSPORT DRIVING DUE PROCESS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRONIC CUSTOMS ELECTRONIC SYSTEM ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT COSTS EXPORT MARKETS EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TRADE EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL SERVICES FIXED COSTS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDER FREIGHT TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY INCOME COUNTRIES INCREASING COMPETITION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES INSPECTION INSPECTION OF GOODS INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS INTER-COUNTRY EXTERNALITIES INTERNAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL RULES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL TREATIES JOINT VENTURE JURISDICTION LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LEGAL INSTRUMENTS LEGAL REGIMES LEGAL SYSTEMS LETTERS OF CREDIT LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE MARGINAL COST MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET SOLUTIONS MOBILITY MODE OF TRANSPORT MODES OF TRANSPORT MOTOR VEHICLE MULTILATERAL APPROACH MULTILATERAL CONTEXT MULTILATERAL EFFORTS MULTILATERAL LEVEL MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING NATIONAL BORDERS NATIONAL MARKETS NATIONAL TREATMENT NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS POLICE POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW PORT AUTHORITY PORT OF DESTINATION PORT OF ENTRY PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PUBLIC GOODS RAIL RAIL NETWORK RAIL SYSTEMS RAIL TRANSIT RAILROADS RAILWAYS REGIONAL ACCREDITATION BODIES REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL GROUPINGS REGIONAL HARMONIZATION REGIONAL INITIATIVES REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS REGIONAL INTERVENTION REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MARKETS REGIONAL SOLUTIONS REGIONAL STANDARDS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONAL TRANSIT REGIONAL TRANSPORT REGIONALISM REGULATORY COMPETITION REGULATORY COOPERATION RESTRICTIVE REGULATIONS ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USER ROAD USER FEES ROUTE ROUTES RULES OF ORIGIN SCALE ECONOMIES TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF STRUCTURES TAX TAX REVENUE TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CONCESSIONS TRADE CREATION TRADE DIVERSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FACILITATION ISSUES TRADE FACILITATION MEASURES TRADE FACILITATION SERVICES TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE REGIME TRADE TRANSACTION TRADING PARTNERS TRAINS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSIT CORRIDORS TRANSIT OPERATIONS TRANSIT ROUTES TRANSIT SERVICES TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSIT TRADE TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT FACILITATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT OF GOODS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRUCKS TRUE VEHICLE INSURANCE VEHICLES WORKING CAPITAL 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. 2012-05-25T19:56:46Z 2012-05-25T19:56:46Z 2008-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8916040/regionalism-trade-facilitation-primer http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6463 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4464 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |