Tradenet in Ghana: Best Practice of the Use of Information Technology

Tradenet in Ghana: Best Practice of the Use of Information Technology

Ever since the 1996 Singapore WTO meeting, trade facilitation has attracted major attention in international trade discussions and negotiations as a powerful way, together with policies that reduce trade barriers, to help countries to better integrate into the world economy and thus enhance their gr...

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Main Author: De Wulf, Luc
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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World Development Report 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9243
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spelling okr-10986-92432021-04-23T14:02:44Z Tradenet in Ghana: Best Practice of the Use of Information Technology De Wulf, Luc World Development Report 2005 Ever since the 1996 Singapore WTO meeting, trade facilitation has attracted major attention in international trade discussions and negotiations as a powerful way, together with policies that reduce trade barriers, to help countries to better integrate into the world economy and thus enhance their growth prospects. Singapore was an early adopter of trade facilitation and developed Tradenet, an IT tool to speed up trade transactions and connect most members of the trading community into a single data network. This paper briefly describes the achievements of Singapore's TradeNet, how it came about and what lessons it contains for other countries. Then the genesis of a similar Tradenet initiative and the approach adopted in Ghana are discussed. 2012-06-26T15:42:41Z 2012-06-26T15:42:41Z 2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9243 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa
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description Ever since the 1996 Singapore WTO meeting, trade facilitation has attracted major attention in international trade discussions and negotiations as a powerful way, together with policies that reduce trade barriers, to help countries to better integrate into the world economy and thus enhance their growth prospects. Singapore was an early adopter of trade facilitation and developed Tradenet, an IT tool to speed up trade transactions and connect most members of the trading community into a single data network. This paper briefly describes the achievements of Singapore's TradeNet, how it came about and what lessons it contains for other countries. Then the genesis of a similar Tradenet initiative and the approach adopted in Ghana are discussed.
author De Wulf, Luc
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title Tradenet in Ghana: Best Practice of the Use of Information Technology
title_short Tradenet in Ghana: Best Practice of the Use of Information Technology
title_full Tradenet in Ghana: Best Practice of the Use of Information Technology
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title_full_unstemmed Tradenet in Ghana: Best Practice of the Use of Information Technology
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