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