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DAC Project on Trade Facilitation

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Short description
This project is primarily being undertaken in light of the important positive impact trade facilitation can have on development and poverty reduction. Developing countries can indeed benefit from introducing trade facilitation measures, as such measures can help reduce costs due to border delays, enhance government revenue, improve governance and attract foreign direct investments. The DAC activity in the area of trade facilitation is also timely in light of the increasing assistance delivered so far to support trade facilitation procedures (see http://tcbdb.wto.org) and the numerous technical assistance and capacity building commitments included in the WTO “July Package”. Delivering on such commitments will be crucial for the successful completion of the Doha Development Agenda.
Type
Cooperation , TTF analysis
URL
http://www.oecd.org/dac/trade/facilitation
Topics
A Business Prospective on Capacity Building for Trade Facilitation , Economic Development and Trade Facilitation , Measuring the economic impact of trade facilitation , Other Trade Facilitation Aspects , Trade facilitation, income distribution and poverty reduction , Trade Policies and Non-Tariff Barriers , TTF promotion , WTO Trade Facilitation Negotiations
Goals
This project aims to strengthen the design, delivery and evaluation of technical assistance and capacity building programmes in trade facilitation, in a way that is consistent with the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) and other DAC Guidelines, including the DAC Guidelines on Strengthening Trade Capacity for Development (2001).
Scope and activities
The project will deliver two distinct outputs:
  • (1) A review of past technical assistance and capacity building efforts of bilateral donors and multilateral agencies in the area of trade facilitation (in Phase 1) – to be completed by December 2005; and
  • (2) A good practices paper for strengthening trade facilitation capacities in developing countries (in Phase 2) – to be completed by mid-2006.
How to join

For details, view the project home page at http://www.oecd.org/dac/trade/facilitation

Geographic coverage
Regions:
Countries:
Global: Yes
Fully online
No
Selected Activity
Yes
Last modified on Jun 08, 2010 11:49:19 by Kremena Gocheva - World Bank

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