Trade costs in the developing world : 1995 - 2010
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2012-12
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ARTNeT, United Nations ESCAP
Abstract
The difference between results for developing and developed countries regarding trade costs is due in large part to the “technology” of trade: logistics and trade facilitation. In terms of policy implications, maritime transport connectivity and logistics performance are very important determinants of bilateral trade costs. Although developing countries are becoming more integrated into the world trading system in an absolute sense, their relative position is nonetheless deteriorating because the rest of the world is moving more quickly: sub-Saharan African countries and low income countries remain subject to very high levels of trade costs.
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TRADE COSTS, TRADE FACILITATION, ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE, SEA TRANSPORT, TRADE POLICY, ECONOMIC STRUCTURE, REGIONAL PLANNING, ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS, INTRANATIONAL TRADE