New WTO Publication Trade costs and inclusive growth Trade costs and inclusive growth -
Trade costs and inclusive growth Case studies presented by WTO chair-holders
Case studies presented by WTO chair-holders Edited by Robert Teh Maarten Smeets Mustapha Sadni Jallab Fatima Chaudhri
Case studies presented by WTO chair-holders
Trade costs and inclusive growth looks at how implementation of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) can help to reduce trade costs and promote growth. The publication brings together contributions from ten participants in the WTO Chairs Programme, which supports trade-related activities by academic institutions in developing countries. The book looks into how the Aid for Trade initiative can assist with implementing the TFA, the importance of mainstreaming trade into national development strategies, and the potential impact of the TFA in various regions. Edited by Robert Teh Maarten Smeets Mustapha Sadni Jallab Fatima Chaudhri
"The publication is a valuable contribution to the literature on trade costs.
Moreover, it underscores the success achieved by the WCP in enriching the trade debate by strengthening the relationship between academics and policy-makers. This is important not only to spark further interest in trade and WTO issues, but also so that we can continue to make trade work better, and for the benefit of all. " Roberto AzevĂŞdo WTO Director-General
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What’s Inside Section I Policy reforms and the reduction of trade costs 1. Trade facilitation and foreign direct investment flows in Kenya Christopher Hugh Onyango and Tabitha Kiriti-Nganga
6. Aid for Trade as a catalyst for trade facilitation: A Moroccan perspective Nabil Boubrahimi and Azzedine Ghoufrane
2. Streamlining South Africa’s export development efforts in sub-Saharan Africa: A Decision Support Model approach Ermie Steenkamp, Sonja Grater and Wilma Viviers
Section III Sectoral and macroeconomic impacts of the Trade Facilitation Agreement on various regions
3. Trade policy without trade facilitation: Lessons from tariff pass-through in Tunisia Leila Baghdadi, Hendrik W. Kruse and Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso 4. Road transport restrictions, freedom of transit and the Trade Facilitation Agreement: The case of Turkey Pinar Artiran
Section II Aid for Trade as a catalyst for trade facilitation measures 5. Millennium Challenge Account support and port reforms in Benin: A trade facilitation effects analysis Fulbert Amoussouga Gero, Alastaire Alinsato and Alain Babatounde
7. Trade facilitation and trade flows: Evidence from Africa Boopen Seetanah, Rajah Vinesh Sannassee, Sheereen Fauzel 8. Regional integration in the MENA region: Deepening the Greater Arab Free Trade Area through trade facilitation Houcine Boughanmi 9. Trade facilitation in the Arab region Nahil Saqfalhait 10. The Trade Facilitation Agreement and its impacts on the Brazilian transformation industry Vera Thorstensen, Lucas Ferraz, Thiago Nogueira
A PDF of the publication is available for download at www.wto.org. Print copies may be purchased for CHF 50.WTO Online Bookshop http://onlinebookshop.wto.org sales@wto.org
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