Developing a Trade Information Portal

A number of countries have introduced or are considering the introduction of a trade information portal as a means of facilitating trade and increasing transparency. For World Trade Organization (WTO) members or countries in the process of acceding...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABBREVIATIONS ACCESS PRIVILEGES ACRONYMS ADVERTISING ALPHABETS ANALYTICAL TOOLS ANNOTATIONS ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE APPLICATION SOFTWARE ARRANGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS ARTICLE AUTOMATION B2B BACKUPS BANDWIDTH BARCODE BASIC BENCHMARK BINDING BOOKMARK BRAINSTORMING BROWSERS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PARTNERS BUSINESS TO BUSINESS CAPABILITIES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CATALOGUE CERTIFICATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHOICE OF TECHNOLOGY CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFYING CLIENT COMPUTER CODES CODING COLLABORATION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMON SENSE COMPETENCY COMPLEXITY COMPUTERS CONCEPTUAL MODEL CONFIDENTIALITY CONNECTIVITY CONTENT MANAGEMENT CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONTENTS CUSTOM CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DATA ANALYSIS DATA TRANSFERS DATABASE DESIGN DATABASE MANAGEMENT DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTIONS DISASTER RECOVERY DISCUSSION DISCUSSIONS DOCUMENTS DOMAIN DOMAIN NAME DOMAIN NAMES DOMAIN REGISTRATION DOMAINS DYNAMIC CONTENT ELECTRONIC FORMAT ELECTRONIC PAYMENT ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION EMAIL ADDRESS EMAIL ADDRESSES END USERS END-USER ENGINEERING ENTRY EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION EXPORT DEVELOPMENT EXPORT PROMOTION FAQ FIREWALLS FLOW OF INFORMATION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FUNCTIONALITY GOOD PRACTICE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS GRAPHICS HACKER HACKING HARDWARE HEADING HELP DESK HELP DESK SOFTWARE HOME PAGE ICT ID IDENTITY IMAGE IMAGES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INDEXING INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION NEEDS INFORMATION PORTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNET PROTOCOL IP IT INDUSTRY JAVA LEGAL BASIS LIBRARIES LICENSE LICENSE AGREEMENT LICENSE FEE LICENSES LINUX MANAGEMENT METHODS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE MARKETPLACES MATERIAL MENU MENUS NAME SYSTEM NATURAL RESOURCES NAVIGATION NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE NEWSLETTERS NOTATION OCR OFFICE AUTOMATION OPERATING SYSTEM OPERATING SYSTEMS OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION PDF PERIPHERALS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLUG-INS PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT PRACTITIONERS PROBABILITY PROCUREMENT PROGRAMMING PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL PUBLISHING QUALITY INFORMATION QUALITY STANDARDS QUERIES QUERY RADIO REDUNDANCY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RESULT RESULTS ROUTERS SCANNING SEARCH SEARCH ENGINE SEARCH FACILITY SEARCHES SEARCHING SERVER SERVER APPLICATION SERVERS SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT SERVICE PROVIDER SLA SOFTWARE COMPONENTS SOFTWARE DESIGN SOURCE CODE STORAGE SPACE SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEM SOFTWARE TARGETS TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL STANDARDS TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE TIME FRAME TRADE FACILITATION TRADE INFORMATION TRADE RELATED INFORMATION TRAINING COURSES TRAINING WORKSHOPS TRANSACTION UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR UNIQUE IDENTIFIER UNIX URL USAGE OF E-BUSINESS USE OF INFORMATION USER USER MANAGEMENT USERS VALUE ADDED SERVICES VARIETY VENDORS VIRUS VISION WEB WEB APPLICATIONS WEB BROWSER WEB DESIGN WEB PAGE WEB PAGES WEB SERVER WEB SERVERS WEBMASTER WEBSITE WEBSITES WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/18639185/developing-trade-information-portal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16975

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Summary:	A number of countries have introduced or are considering the introduction of a trade information portal as a means of facilitating trade and increasing transparency. For World Trade Organization (WTO) members or countries in the process of acceding to the WTO, a trade information portal will assist in complying with new commitments currently being negotiated as part of the Doha Development Round. The negotiations aim to strengthen the provisions of Article X of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) which currently requires that all regulatory trade related information "shall be published promptly in such a manner as to enable governments and traders to become acquainted with them". In many developing nations, government agency specific websites may not exist and even when they do they are often incomplete, out of date, or the content may not cover the entire spectrum of information that a trader may wish to obtain to ensure compliance with import, export, or transit requirements. It is therefore desirable to create a single platform where all the information relating to trade from all the various agencies is aggregated under one roof and is readily available for searching and viewing. This guide discusses the issues and challenges that developing nations are likely to face when implementing a trade information portal and provides a checklist of practical guidelines for the steps that might be required in order to achieve effective implementation.

Developing a Trade Information Portal

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