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Use of ICT for Facilitation

Visit the toipc to read moreOur featured topic focuses on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in facilitation, primarily as it relates to transport and trade logistics (TTL). Customs automation, pre-arrival clearance, risk analysis, the electronic submission of documents, electronic single windows and the processing of electronic transactions are just few examples of ICT-enabled facilitation measures in TTL. Various international organizations have played important roles in this area.

On 20-25 April, through its Accra Conference in Ghana, member States have agreed on the Accra Accord and Declaration, which map the path of work UNCTAD must follow for the next four years. The Accord highlights information and communication technology (ICT) and transport and trade logistics (TTL) as part of the issues to be focused on by UNCTAD.

Links: The use of ICT in facilitation, UNCTAD's publications and meetings covering issues of ICT and TTL

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Transport results website

This site presents many of the outputs of the Transport Results Initiative. It is intended for use by those working in or with the sector with a requirement to measure the performance or impact of transport at any level.

Trade Facilitation in Developing Countries

This paper addresses four issues. First, Section 2 provides a broad review of the types of costs addressed under TF and how these relate to trade, and second,considers evidence on the effects of improvements in TF (e.g.

Trade policy, trade costs, and developing country trade

This paper briefly reviews new indices of trade restrictiveness and trade facilitation that have been developed at the World Bank. The paper also compares the trade impact of different types of trade restrictions applied at the border with the effects of domestic policies that affect trade costs.

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