Islam, RoumeenZanini, Gianni2012-05-242012-05-242008978-0-8213-7567-9https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6334The World Trade Indicators (WTI) database and ranking tool cover country level indicators of trade performance and policies and institutions that affect trade. The purpose of this initiative by the World Bank is to benchmark progress in these areas while highlighting important data gaps. The value of timely, good-quality data for policy making and effective international negotiations cannot be underestimated. Such data are also needed for reducing transactions costs for businesses. This publication summarizes patterns in world trade policy and trade outcomes revealed by the WTI database, focusing mainly on regional and income level variations and providing the context to help evaluate individual country progress. It is hoped that this initiative, by benchmarking country performance in various policy and outcome areas, will enhance the ability of policy makers to design and implement needed trade-related reforms. It is also hoped that countries will be further encouraged to produce better and more up to date data and make it publicly available, both domestically and in international databases, in a timely manner.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAD VALOREMADMINISTRATIVE BURDENSAGREEMENT ON TRADEAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL EXPORTERSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTUREANDEAN PACTAPPLIED TARIFFAVERAGE TARIFFAVERAGE TARIFFSAVERAGE TRADEBANKING SERVICESBARRIERS TO ENTRYBARRIERS TO TRADEBENCHMARKBENCHMARKINGBEST MARKETBORDER PROTECTIONBUSINESS CLIMATECDCHANGES IN TRADECOMMODITYCOMMODITY EXPORTERSCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCOMPETITIVENESS INDEXCONSUMERSCOUNTRY-LEVEL INDICATORSCUSTOM UNIONCUSTOMSCUSTOMS UNIONSDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPING REGIONSDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDISTRIBUTION SERVICESDOMESTIC PRODUCERSEUROPEAN UNIONEXPANSION OF TRADEEXPORT BASKETSEXPORT BIASEXPORT COMPETITIVENESSEXPORT DIVERSIFICATIONEXPORT EARNINGSEXPORT GROWTHEXPORT MARKETEXPORT PERFORMANCEEXPORT PRODUCTSEXPORT SECTORSEXPORT SHAREEXPORT SHARESEXPORT STRUCTURESEXPORT VALUEEXPORTERSEXPORTING COUNTRIESEXPORTSEXTERNAL TARIFFFINANCIAL SERVICESFOOD PRICESFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTMENTFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AGREEMENTFREE TRADE AGREEMENTSFREE TRADE AREASGDPGENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICESGLOBAL INTEGRATIONGLOBAL MARKETSGLOBAL TRADEGOVERNANCE INDICATORSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH IN TRADEGROWTH RATESHIGH TARIFFSHUMAN CAPITALIMPORT BANSIMPORT DUTIESIMPORT DUTYIMPORT PROTECTIONIMPORT RESTRICTIONSIMPORT SHAREIMPORT TARIFFSIMPORTING COUNTRIESIMPORTSINCOMEINCOME GROUPINCOME GROUPSINDUSTRIAL POLICYINFANT INDUSTRIESINFORMATION SYSTEMINSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTSINSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTINSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTSINTERMEDIATE GOODSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONSINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSIONITCLOW TARIFFLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESLOW-INCOME COUNTRYMARKET ACCESSMARKET DEVELOPMENTSMARKET SHARESMIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIESMOST FAVORED NATIONNATIONAL TREATMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNEW MARKETSNEW PRODUCTSNONDISCRIMINATORY TRADEOIL EXPORTERSOPEN ECONOMIESOPEN ECONOMYOPENNESSOUTPUTOUTSOURCINGPATTERN OF TRADEPOLICY MAKERSPOTENTIAL BENEFITSPREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTSPREFERENTIAL PARTNERSPREFERENTIAL RATESPREFERENTIAL TRADEPREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTSPRIMARY GOODSPROTECTIONISTREAL EXCHANGE RATEREAL GROWTH RATESREDUCTION IN TARIFFSREGIONAL AGREEMENTSREGIONAL GROUPINGSREGIONAL GROUPSREGIONAL LEVELSAVINGSSMALL COUNTRIESSTATISTICAL ANALYSISTARIFF BARRIERSTARIFF DISPERSIONTARIFF ESCALATIONTARIFF LEVELSTARIFF LINESTARIFF POLICIESTARIFF POLICYTARIFF PREFERENCESTARIFF PROTECTIONTARIFF RATETARIFF RATESTARIFF REFORMTARIFF REVENUESTARIFF SCHEDULETARIFF SCHEDULESTARIFF STRUCTURETARIFF STRUCTURESTAXTAX SYSTEMSTECHNICAL BARRIERSTERMS OF TRADETOURISMTRADE AGREEMENTTRADE BARRIERSTRADE CENTERTRADE COMPETITIVENESSTRADE COSTSTRADE DIVERSIONTRADE EXPANSIONTRADE FACILITATIONTRADE FLOWSTRADE IN GOODSTRADE IN SERVICESTRADE INDICATORSTRADE INTEGRATIONTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE LOGISTICSTRADE PARTNERSTRADE PERFORMANCETRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRADE PREFERENCESTRADE PROTECTIONTRADE REFORMTRADE REGIMESTRADE RESTRICTIONSTRADE TAXESTRANSACTIONS COSTSVALUE OF EXPORTSVOLATILITYWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORSWORLD ECONOMYWORLD MARKETWORLD MARKETSWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7567-9