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UNINA9910808440903321 |
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Autore |
Cadot Olivier |
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Streamlining non-tariff measures : : a toolkit for policymakers / / Olivier Cadot, Mariem Malouche, and Sebastian Saez |
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Washington DC : , : World Bank, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-48667-8 |
9786613581907 |
0-8213-9511-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Directions in development : trade |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MaloucheMariem <1973-> |
SáezSebastián |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Non-tariff trade barriers |
Foreign trade regulation |
Commercial policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Figures; O.1 NTM Toolkit Flowchart; Chapter 1 NTMs: Definition, Data, and International Regulations; The New NTM Dataset; 1.1 NTM Classification by Chapter (first tier); 1.2 Frequency Index and Coverage Ratios by Chapter of NTM; 1.3 Frequency Index and Coverage Ratios by Region and Chapter of NTM; 1.4 Frequency Indices and Coverage Ratios, by Country; Tables; 1.1 NTMs Experienced by Exporting Companies as NTBs |
1.5 Seven Most Prevailing Types of NTMs Experienced by Surveyed Companies as NTBs, by Regional DestinationLiving Up to International Commitments; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Streamlining NTMs: The Issues; Beginning the NTM Review; Reassessing the Benefits of Government Intervention; 2.1 Flowchart of an NTM Review; Reassessing the Costs of Government Intervention; 2.1 BCC Categories of Compliance Costs; Assessing the Sourcing Costs of NTMs; 2.2 Average Domestic Price Indices by Category (world average = 100), Indonesia and the Philippines; Balancing Costs and Benefits |
2.2 Costs and Benefits of a Technical Regulation: The Case of Organic |
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ShrimpBoxes; 2.1 NTMs and the Case for Risk Management in Border Agencies; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Streamlining NTMs: Processes and Institutions; Getting the Institutional Setup Right; 3.1 Political Commitment and NTM Reforms; 3.1 Brazil Challenges in Regulatory Reforms: Some Preliminary Lessons; 3.2 Sample Institutional Setup for NTM Review; 3.2 Institutional Setup to Streamline New NTMs in Indonesia; 3.3 SOPs for Introducing NTMs in the Indonesia Ministry of Trade; Steps in the NTM Review Process |
3.3 Regulatory Reform in Mexico3.4 Review Process Flow; Annex: Approaches to Streamlining Existing NTMs; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Country and Region Experiences with Streamlining NTMs; Unilaterally Driven Reforms; 4.1 Mexico Standards Modernization: The Case of Food Labeling; 4.2 Two Regulations That Hurt the Competitiveness of Mauritian Firms; 4.1 Numbers of Products Subject to NTMs in Indonesia; 4.2 NTMs Issued by Agency; Reforms Anchored in Regional Integration; 4.1 NTM Classification Following WTO Consistency Criteria; 4.3 The Tripartite NTB Monitoring Mechanism |
B4.3.1 NTBs Cited in the NTBMM4.4 CEFTA and TBTs; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Streamlining NTMs: Case Studies; An SPS Measure: Import Ban and Environmental Protection; 5.1 Decline in Mauritius Exports of Cut Flowers (HS 060310); 5.1 Risks to the Environment: A Biologist's Expert Opinion; A TBT Measure and Incoherence along the Value Chain; Prohibition and Its Impact on Welfare; 5.1 Nigeria's Prohibited Imports; 5.2 Price Gap Calculations, Lagos vs. Nairobi (% of price gap); 5.2 Real-Income Gain from Eliminating Import Bans, by Income Level and Product Category; Notes |
Appendix A UNCTAD NTM Classification, February 2012 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This toolkit provides a novel approach and a set of tools that allow policymakers and analysts to identify non-tariff measures (NTMs), assess their trade restrictiveness and impact on prices and welfare, and to strengthen the institutional coordination mechanism, transparency, and regulatory governance on NTMs. It also aims at encouraging economies to increasingly address the NTM agenda from a domestic competitiveness and/or poverty perspective rather than from a mercantilist standpoint of concessions to trading partners.NTMs are policy measures, other than ordinary customs tariffs, that can p |
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