Afghanistan Diagnostics Trade Integration Study

Trade enables countries to import ideas and technologies, realize comparative advantages and economies of scale, and foster competition and innovation, which in turn increases productivity and achieves higher sustainable employment and economic gro...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ADVERSE EFFECT ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE APPAREL APPLIED TARIFF ARBITRAGE AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BARRIERS TO TRADE BASKET OF GOODS BENCHMARKS BILATERAL AGREEMENTS BORDER TRADE BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CENTRAL BANK CERTAIN EXTENT CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVE POSITION COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS OF FIRMS CONSUMER PROTECTION CONSUMERS CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS DUTIES CUSTOMS DUTY CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS REVENUE CUSTOMS REVENUES CUSTOMS VALUATION DEBT DEMAND FOR GOODS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISTORTIONARY EFFECTS DISTRIBUTION COSTS DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EQUILIBRIUM EXPORT BASE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT COSTS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCY EXPORT RATIO EXPORT SECTORS EXPORT SUPPORT EXPORT TRADE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL SECTOR FISH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN TRADE FREE ACCESS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AREA GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL MARKETS GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH PROJECTIONS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORT DUTIES IMPORT LICENSES IMPORT LICENSING IMPORT TAXES IMPORT VALUE IMPORT VALUES IMPORTS INCOME INCOMES INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTOR PROTECTION JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LDCS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIFE EXPECTANCY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES LOBBYING LOW TARIFFS MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC FACTORS MARKET ACCESS MARKET COMPETITION MONETARY POLICY MUTUAL RECOGNITION NEW MARKETS NEW PRODUCT NEW PRODUCTS OIL OPEN ECONOMIES POLICY DECISIONS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENTS PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PROFIT MARGINS PUBLIC GOODS QUALITY STANDARDS QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH REAL GDP REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REFRIGERATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RETAIL TRADE RULES OF ORIGIN SOCIAL WELFARE SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION TARIFF CLASSIFICATION TARIFF DISPERSION TARIFF LINE TARIFF LINES TARIFF POLICY TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REFORM TARIFF REVENUE TARIFF SCHEDULE TARIFF STRUCTURE TAX TAX RATE TAX RATES TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMS OF TRADE TOTAL OUTPUT TOTAL REVENUE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE BALANCE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COOPERATION TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE DEFICIT TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE INDICATORS TRADE INFORMATION TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE ISSUES TRADE MORE TRADE NEGOTIATION TRADE PARTNER TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORM TRADE REGIMES TRADE STRATEGY TRADE VALUE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT COSTS UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR VALUATION VALUE ADDED VALUE OF EXPORTS WAGES WEALTH WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/17286964/afghanistan-diagnostics-trade-integration-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13215

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Summary:	Trade enables countries to import ideas and technologies, realize comparative advantages and economies of scale, and foster competition and innovation, which in turn increases productivity and achieves higher sustainable employment and economic growth. Countries open to international trade tend to provide more opportunities to their people, and grow faster. Afghanistan could derive far more benefit from its international trade opportunities than it does at present. This Diagnostics Trade Integration Study (DTIS) report is intended to identify concrete policy actions in three areas of endeavor: lowering the transaction costs of trade, increasing Afghanistan's competitiveness in world markets, and providing an analytical foundation for Afghanistan's national trade strategy. The study examines how to do this, looking not only at trade performance and policy, but also at three sectors with great export potential: agriculture, gemstones and carpets, as well as the investment climate, customs as a driver of trade facilitation, and on promoting infrastructure services. All five chapters in this report provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis of trade issues intended to reduce the transaction costs of trade. Growth in Afghanistan has been strong and volatile because of its heavy reliance on agriculture. Now it faces a transition: prospects of a drawdown of international military forces and a decline in civilian aid by 2014. Security issues and political instability could undermine Afghanistan's Transition. Such threats could harm not only economic growth, but deterioration would repel private-sector investment.

Afghanistan Diagnostics Trade Integration Study

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