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Trade Facilitation And Economic Development

Trade Facilitation And Economic Development. John S. Wilson. Development Research Group The World Bank. Bank Trade Logistics Agenda. Policy relevant research and diagnostics New analysis and data Bank operations Review and support Strengthen partnerships – GFP. Overview.

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Trade Facilitation And Economic Development

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  1. Trade Facilitation And Economic Development John S. Wilson Development Research GroupThe World Bank

  2. Bank Trade Logistics Agenda • Policy relevant research and diagnostics • New analysis and data • Bank operations • Review and support • Strengthen partnerships – GFP

  3. Overview • Trade Facilitation – More than Transport • Security and Trade - Potential Win-Win • Framework for Capacity Building Needed

  4. Trade Facilitation: What Impact? • Bank research – Wilson, Mann, Otsuki 2003 • New dataset – 19 APEC members • Econometric approach – gravity model

  5. Four Indicators of Trade Facilitation 1. Port Efficiency 2. Customs Environment • Domestic Regulatory Environment • E-business usage Survey Data: • World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) • IMD Lausanne, World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) • Micco, Ximena and Dollar (2001), Maritime Transport Costs and Port Efficiency, World Bank Group (MXD). • Transparency International

  6. Raising Capacity Half-Way to APEC Average

  7. Policy Relevance and Next Steps • Inform capacity building priorities • Collective action and unilateral • New research – World Bank GEP 2004 • Analysis expanded to 75 countries • Revised data input

  8. Terrorism and Trade: Economic Impact? • Doubling of terrorist incidents 1968-1979 led to a 6% decrease in bilateral trade between targeted economies (Nitsch and Schumacher, 2002). • Security promotes investment and growth in developing economies Poirson (1998). Private investment rose 0.5 to 1 percent of GDP in countries that adopted security measures in ‘best practice’ regions. Economic growth rose by 0.5 to 1.25 percent per year. • World welfare declines by $75 billion – 1% increase in trade costs (Walkenhorst and Dihel 2002).

  9. Security Considerations…. • Necessary to ensure that less developed countries are not excluded from benefits of new security programs. • Potential win-win situation - higher costs can be recovered through greater efficiencies in the supply chain and increased exports. • Need coordinated multilateral plan.

  10. Impact of WTO Rules? • New analysis in Wilson, Otsuki, Mann to include estimates of potential gains. • Trade system limited impact. • Main engine of economic growth – long-term development strategy.

  11. Conclusions….. • Trade facilitation. • More than transport. • Development context central role. • Policy decisions demand new data and indicators to ensure sound policy decisions.

  12. Thank You John S. Wilson Lead Economist Development Research Group International Trade The World Bank jswilson@worldbank.org

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