Entering the Union : European Accession and Capacity-Building Priorities
The authors examine the impact of trade facilitation on bilateral trade flows. They examine trade facilitation and capacity-building priorities in 12 countries in the Europe and Central Asia region-eight of the current members of the European Union: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuani...
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AIR TRANSPORT BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS BORDER BARRIERS BORDER CONTROLS BORDER CROSSINGS CAPACITY BUILDING COMMODITIES COMPETITIVENESS CROSS-COUNTRY VARIATION CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS DUTIES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS REGIME DELIVERY OF GOODS DELIVERY TIMES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOMESTIC REFORMS DONOR AGENCIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SIZE ECONOMICS RESEARCH ELASTICITY EXPORT DOCUMENTATION EXPORT EXPANSION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERMITS EXPORT VOLUME EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN MARKETS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE HARMONIZATION IMPORT BARRIERS IMPORT PRICES IMPORT VOLUME IMPORTS INCOME CONVERGENCE INCOME GROWTH INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL NORMS INTERNATIONAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INVENTORY LOGISTICS COSTS LOW TRADE LOWERED LOWERING TRADE MARGINAL IMPACT MEMBER COUNTRIES MEMBER COUNTRY MEMBER STATES MULTILATERAL TRADE PARTNER COUNTRIES PER CAPITA INCOME PRIVATE SECTOR PROFIT MARGINS REAL GDP REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL MARKETS REGULATORY POLICIES REGULATORY POLICY REGULATORY REFORM REGULATORY REGIMES SHIPPING TECHNICAL STANDARDS TRADE TRADE BALANCES TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FACILITATION INITIATIVES TRADE FACILITATION ISSUES TRADE GAINS TRADE ISSUES TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE RELATIONS TRADE VOLUME TRADE VOLUMES TRADING PARTNER TRADING PARTNERS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SECTOR UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNILATERAL REFORMS VALUATION WAITING TIME WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO |
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AIR TRANSPORT BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS BORDER BARRIERS BORDER CONTROLS BORDER CROSSINGS CAPACITY BUILDING COMMODITIES COMPETITIVENESS CROSS-COUNTRY VARIATION CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS DUTIES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS REGIME DELIVERY OF GOODS DELIVERY TIMES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOMESTIC REFORMS DONOR AGENCIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SIZE ECONOMICS RESEARCH ELASTICITY EXPORT DOCUMENTATION EXPORT EXPANSION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERMITS EXPORT VOLUME EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN MARKETS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE HARMONIZATION IMPORT BARRIERS IMPORT PRICES IMPORT VOLUME IMPORTS INCOME CONVERGENCE INCOME GROWTH INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL NORMS INTERNATIONAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INVENTORY LOGISTICS COSTS LOW TRADE LOWERED LOWERING TRADE MARGINAL IMPACT MEMBER COUNTRIES MEMBER COUNTRY MEMBER STATES MULTILATERAL TRADE PARTNER COUNTRIES PER CAPITA INCOME PRIVATE SECTOR PROFIT MARGINS REAL GDP REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL MARKETS REGULATORY POLICIES REGULATORY POLICY REGULATORY REFORM REGULATORY REGIMES SHIPPING TECHNICAL STANDARDS TRADE TRADE BALANCES TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FACILITATION INITIATIVES TRADE FACILITATION ISSUES TRADE GAINS TRADE ISSUES TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE RELATIONS TRADE VOLUME TRADE VOLUMES TRADING PARTNER TRADING PARTNERS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SECTOR UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNILATERAL REFORMS VALUATION WAITING TIME WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Wilson, John S. Luo, Xubei Broadman, Harry G. Entering the Union : European Accession and Capacity-Building Priorities |
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The authors examine the impact of trade facilitation on bilateral trade flows. They examine trade facilitation and capacity-building priorities in 12 countries in the Europe and Central Asia region-eight of the current members of the European Union: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia, and three candidate members: Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey. The results suggest that behind-the-border factors play an important role in determining bilateral trade flows (controlling for the effects of tariffs, development levels, distance, and regional characteristics of exporters and importers, among other factors). The development of new data sets to expand work related to trade facilitation, including strengthening the empirical work explored here, is a key priority without which intelligent policy and priorities cannot be made. The authors' analysis is based on data from the World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002, World Competitiveness Yearbook 2000, and Kaufmann, Kraay, and Zoido-Lobaton (2002). The results indicate that more gains in exports than in imports are expected should the values of three out of the four indicators (port efficiency, regulatory regimes, and information technology infrastructure) of the new and candidate member countries improve halfway to the EU15 average. These countries would expect large trade gains as well as improvements in trade balances as their integration into the EU continues. For example, the greatest absolute trade gains-$49 billion and $62 billion respectively-could be expected if their port efficiency and information technology infrastructure reach half the average level of the EU, and 70 percent of trade gains are associated with export expansion. |
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Wilson, John S. Luo, Xubei Broadman, Harry G. |
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Wilson, John S. |
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Entering the Union : European Accession and Capacity-Building Priorities |
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Entering the Union : European Accession and Capacity-Building Priorities |
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Entering the Union : European Accession and Capacity-Building Priorities |
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Entering the Union : European Accession and Capacity-Building Priorities |
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Entering the Union : European Accession and Capacity-Building Priorities |
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entering the union : european accession and capacity-building priorities |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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okr-10986-83452021-04-23T14:02:40Z Entering the Union : European Accession and Capacity-Building Priorities Wilson, John S. Luo, Xubei Broadman, Harry G. AIR TRANSPORT BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS BORDER BARRIERS BORDER CONTROLS BORDER CROSSINGS CAPACITY BUILDING COMMODITIES COMPETITIVENESS CROSS-COUNTRY VARIATION CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS DUTIES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS REGIME DELIVERY OF GOODS DELIVERY TIMES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOMESTIC REFORMS DONOR AGENCIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SIZE ECONOMICS RESEARCH ELASTICITY EXPORT DOCUMENTATION EXPORT EXPANSION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERMITS EXPORT VOLUME EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN MARKETS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE HARMONIZATION IMPORT BARRIERS IMPORT PRICES IMPORT VOLUME IMPORTS INCOME CONVERGENCE INCOME GROWTH INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL NORMS INTERNATIONAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INVENTORY LOGISTICS COSTS LOW TRADE LOWERED LOWERING TRADE MARGINAL IMPACT MEMBER COUNTRIES MEMBER COUNTRY MEMBER STATES MULTILATERAL TRADE PARTNER COUNTRIES PER CAPITA INCOME PRIVATE SECTOR PROFIT MARGINS REAL GDP REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL MARKETS REGULATORY POLICIES REGULATORY POLICY REGULATORY REFORM REGULATORY REGIMES SHIPPING TECHNICAL STANDARDS TRADE TRADE BALANCES TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FACILITATION INITIATIVES TRADE FACILITATION ISSUES TRADE GAINS TRADE ISSUES TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE RELATIONS TRADE VOLUME TRADE VOLUMES TRADING PARTNER TRADING PARTNERS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SECTOR UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNILATERAL REFORMS VALUATION WAITING TIME WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO The authors examine the impact of trade facilitation on bilateral trade flows. They examine trade facilitation and capacity-building priorities in 12 countries in the Europe and Central Asia region-eight of the current members of the European Union: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia, and three candidate members: Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey. The results suggest that behind-the-border factors play an important role in determining bilateral trade flows (controlling for the effects of tariffs, development levels, distance, and regional characteristics of exporters and importers, among other factors). The development of new data sets to expand work related to trade facilitation, including strengthening the empirical work explored here, is a key priority without which intelligent policy and priorities cannot be made. The authors' analysis is based on data from the World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002, World Competitiveness Yearbook 2000, and Kaufmann, Kraay, and Zoido-Lobaton (2002). The results indicate that more gains in exports than in imports are expected should the values of three out of the four indicators (port efficiency, regulatory regimes, and information technology infrastructure) of the new and candidate member countries improve halfway to the EU15 average. These countries would expect large trade gains as well as improvements in trade balances as their integration into the EU continues. For example, the greatest absolute trade gains-$49 billion and $62 billion respectively-could be expected if their port efficiency and information technology infrastructure reach half the average level of the EU, and 70 percent of trade gains are associated with export expansion. 2012-06-18T20:19:14Z 2012-06-18T20:19:14Z 2006-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6612973/entering-union-european-accession-capacity-building-priorities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8345 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3832 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 Europe and Central Asia Slovak Republic Slovenia Czech Republic Hungary Latvia Lithuania Estonia Poland |