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024	8		_a10.1596/1813-9450-4464
035			_a(The World Bank)4464
100	1		_aMaur, Jean-Christophe
245	1	0	_aRegionalism and Trade Facilitation _h[electronic resource] : _bA Primer / _cMaur, Jean-Christophe
260			_aWashington, D.C., _bThe World Bank, _c2008
300			_a1 online resource (40 p.)
520	3		_aThis paper investigates when trade facilitation reform should be undertaken at the regional level. First, looking at both efficiency and implementation considerations, it confirms the perception that the regional dimension matters. Investigating where efficiency gains can be made, this research explains why national markets alone fail to produce the full scale economies and positive externalities of trade facilitation reform. Second, because trade facilitation policies need to address coordination and capacity failures, and because of the operational complexity challenge, the choice of the adequate platform for delivering reform is crucial. The lessons are that regional trade agreements offer good prospects of comprehensive and effective reform and can effectively complement multilateral and national initiatives. However, examples of implementation of trade facilitation reform in regional agreements do not seem to indicate that regional integration approaches have been more successful than trade facilitation through specific cooperation agreements or other efforts, multilateral or unilateral. Customs unions may be an exception here, and the author suggests reasons why this could be the case.
650		4	_aBorder Crossing
650		4	_aEconomies of Scale
650		4	_aElectronic Customs
650		4	_aExternalities
650		4	_aFree Trade
650		4	_aInspection
650		4	_aInternational Economics & Trade
650		4	_aLaw and Development
650		4	_aPublic Sector Development
650		4	_aRail
650		4	_aRoad
650		4	_aTrade and Regional Integration
650		4	_aTrade Law
650		4	_aTrade Policy
650		4	_aTransit
650		4	_aTransport
650		4	_aTransport Economics, Policy and Planning
650		4	_aTrucks
700	1		_aMaur, Jean-Christophe
776	1	8	_aPrint version: _iMaur, Jean-Christophe. _tRegionalism and Trade Facilitation. _dWashington, D.C., The World Bank, 2008
830		0	_aPolicy research working papers.
830		0	_aWorld Bank e-Library.
856	4	0	_uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-4464
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