Afghanistan Diagnostics Trade Integration Study

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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:
GDP
OIL
TAX
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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
World Bank
Afghanistan Diagnostics Trade Integration Study
geographic_facet South Asia
Afghanistan
description 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.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows Study
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Afghanistan Diagnostics Trade Integration Study
title_short Afghanistan Diagnostics Trade Integration Study
title_full Afghanistan Diagnostics Trade Integration Study
title_fullStr Afghanistan Diagnostics Trade Integration Study
title_full_unstemmed Afghanistan Diagnostics Trade Integration Study
title_sort afghanistan diagnostics trade integration study
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/17286964/afghanistan-diagnostics-trade-integration-study
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13215
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spelling okr-10986-132152021-04-23T14:03:06Z Afghanistan Diagnostics Trade Integration Study World Bank 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 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. 2013-04-18T21:34:08Z 2013-04-18T21:34:08Z 2012-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/17286964/afghanistan-diagnostics-trade-integration-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13215 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia Afghanistan