Key Issues in Trade Facilitation Summary of World Bank/EU Workshops in Dhaka and Shanghai in 2004
Trade facilitation is the ability of countries to deliver goods and services on time at the lowest possible cost. It has emerged as an important issue in unilateral, bilateral, and multilateral trade liberalization. Most countries have embarked on heroic reforms aimed at reducing transaction costs o...
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okr-10986-85932021-04-23T14:02:43Z Key Issues in Trade Facilitation Summary of World Bank/EU Workshops in Dhaka and Shanghai in 2004 Roy, Jayanta Bagai, Shweta ACCESS TO INFORMATION AIM AIR FREIGHT AIR TRANSPORT BENCHMARKING CAPACITY BUILDING CARGO CARGO DWELL TIME CARGOES CD CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE COMPETITIVENESS COMPLIANCE COSTS CONGESTION CONTAINER CARGO CONTAINER SHIPS CONTAINER VESSELS CONTAINERS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS UNIONS DANGEROUS GOODS DEMURRAGE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EXPORTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FREE TRADE FREIGHT FREIGHT COSTS FREIGHT FORWARDERS GATT GDP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IMPORT LICENSING IMPORTS INCOME INEFFICIENCY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY ITC LABOR COSTS LEGISLATION LOADING MANUFACTURING MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT NON-TARIFF BARRIERS POLICIES PORTS RISK MANAGEMENT SAVINGS SEAPORTS SHIPPING SHIPPING AGENTS SOUTH ASIAN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAINS TARIFF BARRIERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRADE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FINANCE TRADE ISSUES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE POLICY TRADE REGULATIONS TRAFFIC TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT SERVICES TRUCKS VALUATION VALUE ADDED WAITING TIME WELFARE GAINS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Trade facilitation is the ability of countries to deliver goods and services on time at the lowest possible cost. It has emerged as an important issue in unilateral, bilateral, and multilateral trade liberalization. Most countries have embarked on heroic reforms aimed at reducing transaction costs of trade. Thus, among the four new Singapore issues, there was least resistance from World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries to include trade facilitation in the Doha Round discussions. However, all countries are not equally placed in initiating reforms in the complex areas of customs procedures, transport and port logistics, harmonization of standards, and simplification of procedures. Trade facilitation reforms require a large volume of technical assistance for national capacity building. To facilitate what these reforms entail and what can be learned from cross-country experiences, the EU and the World Bank organized two workshops in Dhaka (South Asian countries) and Shanghai (East Asian countries) in 2004. Jointly they succeeded in bringing together renowned experts from multilateral organizations, selected bilateral donor community, the private sector, ex civil servants, and scholars. The participants were largely drawn from the relevant government departments and chambers of commerce and industry. This paper summarizes the main presentations in the workshops. It also indicates the areas that need more focus in future events. The paper should serve as a reference document for national policymakers and for future seminars and workshops on trade facilitation. It has also linked the presentations to the ongoing research work on trade facilitation. 2012-06-20T21:10:03Z 2012-06-20T21:10:03Z 2005-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6259390/key-issues-trade-facilitation-summary-world-bankeuropean-union-workshops-dhaka-shanghai-2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8593 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3703 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 |
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Trade facilitation is the ability of countries to deliver goods and services on time at the lowest possible cost. It has emerged as an important issue in unilateral, bilateral, and multilateral trade liberalization. Most countries have embarked on heroic reforms aimed at reducing transaction costs of trade. Thus, among the four new Singapore issues, there was least resistance from World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries to include trade facilitation in the Doha Round discussions. However, all countries are not equally placed in initiating reforms in the complex areas of customs procedures, transport and port logistics, harmonization of standards, and simplification of procedures. Trade facilitation reforms require a large volume of technical assistance for national capacity building. To facilitate what these reforms entail and what can be learned from cross-country experiences, the EU and the World Bank organized two workshops in Dhaka (South Asian countries) and Shanghai (East Asian countries) in 2004. Jointly they succeeded in bringing together renowned experts from multilateral organizations, selected bilateral donor community, the private sector, ex civil servants, and scholars. The participants were largely drawn from the relevant government departments and chambers of commerce and industry. This paper summarizes the main presentations in the workshops. It also indicates the areas that need more focus in future events. The paper should serve as a reference document for national policymakers and for future seminars and workshops on trade facilitation. It has also linked the presentations to the ongoing research work on trade facilitation. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Roy, Jayanta Bagai, Shweta |
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Roy, Jayanta Bagai, Shweta |
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Roy, Jayanta |
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Key Issues in Trade Facilitation Summary of World Bank/EU Workshops in Dhaka and Shanghai in 2004 |
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Key Issues in Trade Facilitation Summary of World Bank/EU Workshops in Dhaka and Shanghai in 2004 |
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Key Issues in Trade Facilitation Summary of World Bank/EU Workshops in Dhaka and Shanghai in 2004 |
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Key Issues in Trade Facilitation Summary of World Bank/EU Workshops in Dhaka and Shanghai in 2004 |
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Key Issues in Trade Facilitation Summary of World Bank/EU Workshops in Dhaka and Shanghai in 2004 |
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key issues in trade facilitation summary of world bank/eu workshops in dhaka and shanghai in 2004 |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6259390/key-issues-trade-facilitation-summary-world-bankeuropean-union-workshops-dhaka-shanghai-2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8593 |
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