This book, co-published by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), provides guidance for the implementation of trade facilitation measures ...

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the limitations of existing trade rules in ensuring trade resilience during crises. There are two ways of including more specific and dedicated legal provisions in trade agreements to ...

This report provides an assessment of Tonga’s readiness for cross-border paperless trade, i.e., the conducting of international trade on the basis of electronic data and documents. The report provides a brief overview ...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the cracks in the current health sector. From 2019 to 2020, investment in the health-care sector dropped by 45 per cent and continued to decline in 2021 to 34 per cent in the first ...

<p>The report presents the results of the 2021 United Nations Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation for 10 ASEAN countries that reviewed the progress of trade facilitation reforms. It provides a ...

This report presents the results of the 2021 United Nations Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation for eight countries in North and Central Asia, reviewing the progress of trade facilitation reforms ...

<p>The Asia-Pacific region is already the fastest growing e-commerce marketplace. The region covers 43% of the global share of the e-commerce market with a value of $1 trillion in e- commerce transactions. In this context, ...

<p>Based on the 2023 United Nations Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation, the report analyzes the current state of trade facilitation in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Asian Countries, ...

<p>Cross-border e-commerce allows small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) worldwide to directly sell their products to overseas consumers through cross-border e-commerce platforms. This has opened up trade opportunities ...

<p>The topic of cross-border e-commerce has become a focal point in discussions at global, regional, and national levels. Despite the considerable interest it has attracted, there's a pronounced gap in our understanding, ...