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Reducing trade costs : financing, quality certification and reduced clearance times key to SMEs participation in trade
(United Nations, 2015)
<p>A recent firm-level study conducted by the UN Regional Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) found that a reduction in customs and trade clearance times increased SMEs likelihood of participation ...
Trade facilitation and paperless trade implementation in Asia-Pacific countries with special needs : results of the UN Global survey 2017
(United Nations, 2018)
Reducing trade costs is essential for economies to effectively use trade as an engine of growth and sustainable development. Trade facilitation plays a pivotal role in reducing trade costs, on top of existing efforts to ...
Trade facilitation implementation in Asia-Pacific 2015 : moving towards paperless trade
(United Nations, 2015)
This issue of the Trade Insights series provides analysis of the recently released United Nations Regional Commissions (UNRC) Global Trade Facilitation (TF) and Paperless Trade Implementation Survey 2015 for 44 economies ...
Rising non-tariff protectionism and crisis recovery
(United Nations, 2010)
Most papers in this volume are a result from the Research Workshop 'Rising non-tariff protectionism and crisis recovery' which was held on 14 and 15 December 2009 as part of the Macao Regional Knowledge Hub (MARKHUB) ...
Seamless trade and transport connectivity in Asia and the Pacific : Regional cooperation in the context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
(United Nations, 2020)
The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused severe strain in international trade worldwide and in Asia and the Pacific, highlighting the need for more resilient and efficient cross-border transport and trade ...