Trade Facilitation and the Global Economy
by OECD (Author)

About the Author
The OECD is an international organization that consists of 30 Member countries from the developed world that accept the principles of representative democracy and free market economy. It originated in 1948 as the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) to help administer the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Later its membership was extended to non-European states, and in 1961 it was reformed into the OECD. The organization provides a forum where governments can compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and co-ordinate domestic and international policies. With active relationships with some 70 other countries and economies, NGOs and civil society, the organization has a global reach. Renowned for its publications and statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, environment, development and science and innovation.

About this book
In a globalised world, where goods cross borders many times as intermediate and as final products, trade facilitation is essential to lowering overall trade costs and increasing economic welfare, in particular for developing and emerging economies. Facilitation efforts undertaken by various countries around the world also show that the benefits of such measures clearly compensate the costs and challenges posed by their implementation.

Brief contents
Executive summary
Chapter 1. Overview
Part 1. Trade facilitation, a growing global footprint
Chapter 2. Trade facilitation around the world: The state of play
Chapter 3. Border agency co-operation
Chapter 4. Single Window systems
Chapter 5. Costs and challenges
Part 2. The economic case for trade facilitation
Chapter 6. Trade facilitation, trade and global value chains
Chapter 7. Economy-wide impacts of trade facilitation
Annex A. The trade facilitation indicators: Methodology
Annex B. Trade facilitation indicators: Country lists
Annex C. Trade facilitation indicators questionnaire

Length: 142 pages
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development (2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 978-92-64-27756-4
ISBN-13: 978-92-64-27756-4

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