Reducing Trade Costs In Asia-Pacific Developing Countries

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This publication evaluates the current level of trade costs in the Asia-Pacific region and outlines recent evidence with regard to the impacts of various trade facilitation measures in reducing trade costs. Part I provides an overview of trade costs in Asia and the Pacific, based on the most recent update of the ESCAP-World Bank Trade Cost Database. Policies and factors affecting international trade costs are identified. Key findings and implications from a micro-level analysis of trade procedures in a wide range of Asia-Pacific developing economies are presented. Highlights and recommendations from some of the most recent ESCAP studies on trade facilitation and trade costs in Asia-Pacific are also summarized. Part II features abbreviated versions of five individual ESCAP studies summarized in Part I.

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Agency/Department
UN/Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Print ISBN
9789211207262
PDF ISBN
9789210581370
Print Publication Date
PDF Publication Date
Page Count
152
Print Sales Number
16.II.F.19
Series Title
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment

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