Trading Up : How Tunisia Used ICT to Facilitate Trade
Although trade liberalization can create jobs and raise incomes, these benefits are easily undermined if excessive costs and delays hinder trade transactions - reducing a country's export competitiveness. This note shows how Tunisia embraced i...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9875757/trading-up-tunisia-used-ict-facilitate-trade-trading-up-tunisia-used-ict-facilitate-trade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10614 |
| Summary: | Although trade liberalization can create
jobs and raise incomes, these benefits are easily undermined
if excessive costs and delays hinder trade transactions -
reducing a country's export competitiveness. This note
shows how Tunisia embraced information and communications
technology (ICT) to facilitate trade - cutting costs, saving
time, and increasing international competitiveness. It also
highlights the context and challenges, key initiatives,
success factors, and impact of Tunisia's efforts. Trade
clearances can improve dramatically when administrative and
political commitment combines with advances in information
and communications technology. |
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