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Title Overcoming border bottlenecks : the costs and benefits of trade facilitation
Published Paris : OECD, [2009]
©2009
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Description 1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations
Series OECD trade policy studies
OECD trade policy studies.
Contents Quantitative assessment of the benefits of trade facilitation -- Examining the effect of certain customs and administrative procedures on trade -- The economic impact of trade facilitation -- Trade facilitation reform in the service of development -- The role of automation in trade facilitation -- The cost of introducing and implementing trade facilitation measures
Summary Library of Congress Summary International trade has grown rapidly in recent years, thanks in part to the progressive reduction of tariffs and quotas through successive rounds of multilateral trade liberalization. However, this progress brings to light one of the remaining weak links of international trade, which prevents countries from drawing full benefits from the advantages of open global markets: border bottlenecks generated by inefficient, outdated and complex trade procedures and formalities. This book brings together six studies that examine to what extent and in which ways the costs of inefficient border processes influence trade and investment flows, how institutional and political factors affect the design and implementation of efficiency-enhancing measures, whether the expected benefits of these measures enough to justify the expenses of putting them in place, and whether the expenses involved are within the reach of developing and least developed countries, especially in light of other development priorities.--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Commercial policy -- International cooperation.
Cost effectiveness -- Commerce.
Foreign trade regulation.
Free trade.
International economic relations.
International trade.
Non-tariff trade barriers.
Form Electronic book
Author Moïsé, Evdokia.
OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
LC no. 2009492538
ISBN 9264056955
9789264056954
Other Titles Surmonter les obstacles à la frontiére : coûts et bénéfices de la facilitation des échanges