Unlocking Trade for Low-Income Countries

dc.creatorWorld Bank Group
dc.date2016-01-14T19:17:40Z
dc.date2016-01-14T19:17:40Z
dc.date2015-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:44:50Z
dc.descriptionThe trade facilitation facility (TFF) was launched to help low-income countries improve their competitiveness by reducing the costs of engaging in international trade, thus supporting their efforts to reduce poverty and achieve the millennium development goals. This report summarizes the outcomes of the TFF between its establishment in 2009 and its end in 2015. The report highlights and reviews the accomplishments and lessons learned of TFF; it also discusses and reflects the perspective of task team leaders and relevant World Bank Group officials on the Bank Group’s continuing work in the trade facilitation sphere. The report presents results of TFF-funded activities and programs managed by staff from a large cross section of Bank Group sectors, including transport, agriculture, governance (customs), international trade, and private sector development. The report is organized as follows: chapter one give introduction. Chapter two provides an overview of the TFF portfolio. Chapter three looks at TFF as enabler of deepening regional integration, highlighting some of the facility’s accomplishments from a geographic and thematic perspective, particularly the extent to which TFF complemented Bank infrastructure operations and nurtured progress on trade facilitation instruments that countries and regional economic communities (RECs) have adopted but failed to implement. Chapter four, expanding thematic insights, addresses conceptual themes in trade facilitation. Chapter five, conclusions and contributions, sums up the areas in which TFF has contributed to moving the regional and multilateral trade facilitation agenda.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25136799/unlocking-trade-low-income-countries-report-trade-facilitation-facility-2009-2015
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/23652
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/23652
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410334
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subjectHIGH TRANSPORT
dc.subjectROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subjectACCESSIBILITY
dc.subjectTREND
dc.subjectTRANSIT RIGHTS
dc.subjectTAXES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT STRATEGY
dc.subjectINLAND WATERWAY
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SERVICES
dc.subjectTOLL
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectBORDER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectROAD SAFETY PROGRAMS
dc.subjectTRIP
dc.subjectPORT FACILITIES
dc.subjectROAD
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectTRUCK DRIVERS
dc.subjectTRANSIT OPERATIONS
dc.subjectINITIATIVES
dc.subjectINJURY
dc.subjectRAILWAY
dc.subjectINLAND WATERWAYS
dc.subjectINSPECTION
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subjectRAIL TRAFFIC
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectFREIGHT TRANSPORT
dc.subjectRAIL TRAFFIC
dc.subjectCROSSING
dc.subjectRAILWAYS
dc.subjectAIRPORT
dc.subjectRAIL PROJECTS
dc.subjectROAD SECTOR
dc.subjectROUTE
dc.subjectTRANSPORT CORRIDORS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectBRIDGE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL GATEWAYS
dc.subjectQUALITY OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SYSTEM
dc.subjectDRIVERS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT MARKETS
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION COSTS
dc.subjectBORDER CROSSINGS
dc.subjectRAIL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCROSSINGS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SYSTEMS
dc.subjectBORDER INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectFREIGHT
dc.subjectROAD CONDITIONS
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectINVESTMENTS
dc.subjectFREIGHT FLOWS
dc.subjectVEHICLE
dc.subjectTRANSPORT FACILITATION
dc.subjectROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectRAIL ROUTES
dc.subjectMARITIME TRANSPORT
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTRANSIT OPERATIONS
dc.subjectVEHICLE OPERATING
dc.subjectSIGNAGE
dc.subjectTRAFFIC VOLUMES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SERVICES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectQUALITY OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectAIR CARGO
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectPOLICE
dc.subjectTRANSIT SYSTEM
dc.subjectINLAND TRANSPORT
dc.subjectROAD SAFETY
dc.subjectTRANSIT PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectTRANSPORT FACILITATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORT POLICY
dc.subjectROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subjectMODES OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectMEANS OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectTRAVEL
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INDUSTRY
dc.subjectRAIL OPERATIONS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT RATES
dc.subjectELECTRONIC PAYMENT
dc.subjectFREIGHT FLOWS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SYSTEM
dc.subjectMODE OF TRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectTRANSIT TRADE
dc.subjectTRANSPORT POLICY
dc.subjectRAIL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectBORDER‐CROSSING
dc.subjectLAND TRANSPORT
dc.subjectROUTES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT OPERATIONS
dc.subjectINVESTMENT IN ROADS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectHIGHWAYS
dc.subjectHIGHWAY NETWORK
dc.subjectSPEEDS
dc.subjectTRUCKS
dc.subjectHIGHWAY
dc.subjectTRANSPORT PROFESSIONALS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subjectTRAFFIC
dc.subjectROAD TRAFFIC
dc.subjectALTERNATIVE ROUTES
dc.subjectRAIL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL GATEWAYS
dc.subjectCOSTS OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectRAIL
dc.subjectRAIL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectACCIDENTS
dc.subjectAIRPORTS
dc.subjectDRIVING
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectREGIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectTRANSIT
dc.subjectRAILWAY SYSTEM
dc.subjectTRANSIT CORRIDORS
dc.subjectROADWAY
dc.subjectTRANSPORT OPERATORS
dc.subjectROAD CONDITIONS
dc.subjectMODE OF TRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectMULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT MARKET
dc.subjectFIXED COSTS
dc.subjectVEHICLE OPERATING COSTS
dc.subjectBORDER‐CROSSINGS
dc.subjectRAIL ROUTES
dc.subjectRURAL ROADS
dc.subjectPOLICIES
dc.subjectBOTTLENECKS
dc.subjectVEHICLES
dc.subjectTRAINING
dc.subjectROAD SAFETY
dc.subjectRAILWAY SECTOR
dc.subjectPORT AUTHORITY
dc.subjectCAR
dc.subjectHEAVY VEHICLES
dc.subjectROAD LINKS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY TRANSPORT
dc.subjectINJURY PREVENTION
dc.subjectGRANTS
dc.subjectCOSTS
dc.subjectFUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectTRANSPORT CORRIDORS
dc.subjectBORDER CROSSING
dc.subjectCOST OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectLAND TRANSPORT
dc.subjectPEDESTRIANS
dc.subjectBORDER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectBORDER CROSSING
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectFREIGHT OPERATIONS
dc.subjectROAD NETWORK
dc.subjectTRANSPORT ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectELECTRONIC PAYMENT
dc.subjectTRANSIT INFORMATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORT PROFESSIONALS
dc.subjectSAFETY ISSUES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT PROJECTS
dc.titleUnlocking Trade for Low-Income Countries
dc.titleReport of the Trade Facilitation Facility, 2009-2015
dc.typeReport
dc.typeRapport
dc.typeInforme

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