Parcels trade: the good, the bad, and the ugly

“What do a clothing designer and a manufacturer of counterfeit medications have in common? For Praew, an up-and-coming clothing designer who runs Lanna Clothes Design in Thailand, and Paul, who manufactures and sells fake medicines to customers around the world, it’s simple: both rely on e-commerce to grow their business and send hundreds of parcels to customers overseas every month.”

Among the latest trade-related publications from the OECD, available through the WTO’s subscription to the OECD iLibrary, read more about the intricacies of parcels and the work done by customs officials worldwide to ensure that legal goods cross borders expeditiously, while illicit or illegal goods do not.

The full piece is available from the OECD here: https://www.oecd.org/trade/parcels-trade-good-bad-ugly

Curious for more of the latest from OECD on trade? Visit the OECD portal on trade here, access OECD publications and papers, and review, download or visualize data.

New publications from OECD, mid January 2019

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Understanding the Drivers of Trust in Government Institutions in Korea
• OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2018: Adapting to Technological and Societal Disruption
• Managing the Water-Energy-Land-Food Nexus in Korea: Policies and Governance Options (OECD Studies on Water series)
• Consumption Tax Trends 2018: VAT/GST and Excise Rates, Trends and Policy Issue
• Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2019: Towards Smart Urban Transportation
• Perspectives on Global Development 2019: Rethinking Development Strategies
• Social Protection System Review: A Toolkit (OECD Development Policy Tools series)
• Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2019: Time to Face the Challenge
• Stemming the Superbug Tide: Just a Few Dollars More (OECD Health Policy Studies series)
• Human Acceleration of the Nitrogen Cycle: Managing Risks and Uncertainty
• OECD Competition Assessment Reviews: Portugal (Volume I: Inland and Maritime Transports and Ports, Volume II: Self-Regulated Professions)
• OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: European Union 2018
• OECD Investment Policy Reviews: Cambodia 2018
• OECD Economic Surveys: Spain 2018
• OECD Economic Outlook (volume 2018, issue 2)
• OECD Journal on Budgeting (volume 18, issue 2)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, mid-November 2018

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Australian Services Trade in the Global Economy
• Review of International Regulatory Co-operation of Mexico
• SMEs in Public Procurement: Practices and Strategies for Shared Benefits (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Flexibility and Proportionality in Corporate Governance (Corporate Governance series)
• Road and Rail Infrastructure in Asia: Investing in Quality (Development Dimension series)
• Economic Effects of Public Stockholding Policies for Rice in Asia
• OECD Economic Surveys: United States 2018, Indonesia 2018

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, late October 2018

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• The Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa 2018: Interim Assessment of Key SME Reforms (SME Policy Index series)
• Good Regulatory Practices to Support Small and Medium Enterprises in Southeast Asia
• Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education in the Netherlands (OECD Skills Studies series)
• SME & Entrepreneurship Policy in Indonesia 2018 (OECD Studies on SMEs and Entrepreneurship series)
• Access to Justice for Business and Inclusive Growth in Latvia
• Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in China (OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews series)
• Enhancing Connectivity through Transport Infrastructure: The Role of Official Development Finance and Private Investment (Development Dimension series)
• Energy Subsidy Reform in the Republic of Moldova: Energy Affordability, Fiscal and Environmental Impacts (Green Finance and Investment series)
• OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: France 2018, Canada 2018, Czech Republic 2018
• OECD Business and Financial Outlook 2018
• OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2018
• OECD Journal of Budgeting (volume 2018, issue 1)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

Library acquisitions — October 2017

We are pleased to present our list of selected new acquisitions from October 2017. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Form in intellectual property law / David Booton. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926857 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/5ro5b9
	Global agriculture and the American farmer : opportunities for US leadership / Kimberly Ann Elliott. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926895 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/eNbuQT
	Globalization and animal law : comparative law, international law and international trade / Thomas G. Kelch. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926974 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/BdgTvA
	Grave new world : the end of globalization, the return of history / Stephen D. King. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926919 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/FiwGSE
	Handbook on growth and sustainability / edited by Peter A. Victor, Brett Dolter. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926706 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/jJLSRH
	Intellectual property rights and climate change : interpreting the TRIPS agreement for environmentally sound technologies / Wei Zhuang. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926813 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/dvqhM2
	International investment arbitration : substantive principles / Campbell McLachlan, Laurence Shore, Matthew Weiniger. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925550 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/nxYfXV
	The international law on foreign investment / M. Sornarajah. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926917 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable
	Legal aspects of Brexit : implications of the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from the European Union / [edited by] Jennifer A. Hillman and Gary Horlick. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926736 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full-text: https://goo.gl/vKHkn5
	The profit of the earth : the global seeds of American agriculture / Courtney Fullilove. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926827 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/7Gw32d
	Regulating transport in Europe / edited by Matthias Finger, Torben Holvad. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926932 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/6XAXbP
	Research handbook on intellectual property exhaustion and parallel imports / edited by Irene Calboli, Edward Lee. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926862 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/gth6zS
	The use of economics in international trade and investment disputes / edited by Marion Jansen, Joost Pauwelyn and Theresa Carpenter. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926821 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/cJdQmu

 

New publications from OECD, late October 2017

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Women’s Economic Empowerment in Selected MENA Countries: The Impact of Legal Frameworks in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia (Competitiveness and Private Sector Development series)
• Multi-Dimensional Review of Panama: Volume 1: Initial Assessment (OECD Development Pathways series)
• Driving Performance at Mexico’s Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment (The Governance of Regulators series)
• Driving Performance at Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (The Governance of Regulators series)
• Driving Performance at Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission (The Governance of Regulators series)
• Global Trade Without Corruption: Fighting the Hidden Tariff
• OECD Integrity Review of Coahuila, Mexico: Restoring Trust Through an Integrity System (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Towards an Open Government in Kazakhstan (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Gender Policy Delivery in Kazakhstan (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Evidence-based Policy Making for Youth Well-being: A Toolkit (OECD Development Policy Tools series)
• Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education in Ireland (OECD Skills Studies series)
• Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education in Poland (OECD Skills Studies series)
• Improving Domestic Financial Support Mechanisms in Moldova’s Water and Sanitation Sector (OECD Studies on Water series)
• Promoting Clean Urban Public Transportation and Green Investment in Kazakhstan (Green Finance and Investment series)
• OECD Budget Transparency Toolkit: Practical Steps for Supporting Openness, Integrity and Accountability in Public Finance Management
• Development Co-operation Report 2017: Data for Development
• OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: Luxembourg 2017
• OECD Economic Surveys: United Kingdom 2017
• Road Safety Annual Report 2017
• OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2017

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, mid March 2017

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Behavioural Insights and Public Policy: Lessons from Around the World
• Accrual Practices and Reform Experiences in OECD Countries
• OECD Integrity Review of Peru: Enhancing Public Sector Integrity for Inclusive Growth (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Public Private Partnerships for Transport Infrastructure: Renegotiations and Economic Outcomes (ITF Roundtable Reports series)
• Ex-Post Assessment of Transport Investments and Policy Interventions (ITF Roundtable Reports series)
• OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Estonia 2017
• OECD Economic Surveys: India 2017 and Australia 2017
• Economic Studies (volume 2016, issue 1)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, late February 2017

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• ITF Transport Outlook 2017
• OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: Poland 2017
• OECD Economic Surveys: Italy 2017, Sweden 2017 and Portugal 2017
• Interrelations Between Public Policies, Migration and Development
• Benchmarking Digital Government Strategies in MENA Countries (OECD Digital Government Studies)
• OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in the Extractive Sector

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, mid January 2017

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Review of the Regulation of Freight Transport in Mexico
• Mexico’s National Auditing System: Strengthening Accountable Governance (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Cross-border Co-operation and Policy Networks in West Africa (West African Studies series)
• OECD Economic Surveys: Mexico 2017

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, late December 2016

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• OECD Territorial Reviews: Bergamo, Italy and Córdoba, Argentina (OECD Territorial Reviews series)
• OECD Clean Energy Investment Policy Review of Jordan (Green Finance and Investment series)
• Perspectives on Global Development 2017: International Migration in a Shifting World
• Open Government in Costa Rica (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• OECD Public Governance Reviews: Peru: Integrated Governance for Inclusive Growth (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Trafficking in Persons and Corruption: Breaking the Chain (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: United States 2016 (OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews series)
• Adapting Transport to Climate Change and Extreme Weather: Implications for Infrastructure Owners and Network Managers (ITF Research Reports series)
• Back to Work: Denmark: Improving the Re-employment Prospects of Displaced Workers (Back to Work series)
• OECD Pensions Outlook 2016
• Youth in the MENA Region: How to Bring Them In
• States of Fragility 2016: Understanding Violence
• State-Owned Enterprises as Global Competitors: A Challenge or an Opportunity?
• Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017
• OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2016
• Biodiversity Offsets: Effective Design and Implementation
• OECD Economic Outlook (volume 2016, issue 2)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

Library acquisitions — November 2016

We are pleased to send you our list of selected new acquisitions from November 2016. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	2038 : les futurs du monde / Virginie Raisson. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926533 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/iacGvT
	ADR en vigueur le 1er janvier 2017 : Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par route / Commission économique pour l’Europe, Comité des transports intérieurs. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926563 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/6RL2KW
	An advanced guide to trade policy analysis : the structural gravity model / Yoto V. Yotov … [et al.]. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926527 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full text: http://goo.gl/Uzc4jB
	Derecho de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) / [edited by] Mario Matus Baeza, Mark Unger. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926529 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/EQWIad
	Le droit à l’enseignement supérieur et la liberalisation internationale du commerce des services / Sophie Grosbon. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926551 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/woMuZM
	European agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by inland waterways (ADN) including the annexed regulations, applicable as from 1 January 2017 / Economic Commission for Europe, Committee on Inland Transport. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926561 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable
	Global inequality : a new approach for the age of globalization / Branko Milanovic. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926433 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/GC35Uo
	International investment law : text, cases and materials / Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926309 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/ObNA9K
	Libraries, leadership, and scholarly communication / Rick Anderson. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926494 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/QSpvGP
	Protection against unfair competition in the WTO TRIPS agreement : the scope and prospects of Article 10bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property / Christian Riffel. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926460 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/BYAfU7
	Research handbook on trade in services / edited by Pierre Sauvé, Martin Roy. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926315 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/tDeSuc
	Sauver l’Europe ! / Hubert Védrine. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926535 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: http://goo.gl/lo4Qf6
	Trade costs and inclusive growth : case studies presented by WTO chair-holders / edited by Robert Teh … [et al.]. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926525 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full text: https://goo.gl/XvM4GS

 

New publications from OECD, early December 2015

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• SME Policy Index: Eastern Partner Countries 2016: Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe (SME Policy Index series)
• G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
• Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in the Netherlands (OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews series)
• Adapting Transport Policy to Climate Change: Carbon Valuation, Risk and Uncertainty
• OECD Economic Surveys: Chile 2015
• International Trade by Commodity Statistics (Volume 2015, issue 5)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

Agricultural Technology Choice and Transport

Rubba Ali, A. Federico Barra, Claudia N. Berg, Richard Damania, John D. Nash, Jason Russ. (2015) “Agricultural Technology Choice and Transport.” Policy Research Working Paper, no. 7272. [doi]

Abstract:

This paper addresses an old and recurring theme in development economics: the slow adoption of new technologies by farmers in many developing countries. The paper explores a somewhat novel link to explain this puzzle—the link between market access and the incentives to adopt a new technology when there are non-convexities. … Consistent with the theory, analysis finds that transportation costs are critical in determining technology choices, with a greater responsiveness among farmers who adopt modern technologies, and at times a perverse (negative) response to lower transport costs among those who employ more traditional techniques. In sum, the paper presents compelling evidence that the constraints to the adoption of modern technologies and access to markets are interconnected, and so should be targeted jointly.

Full-text article is available in PDF through a subscription to the World Bank eLibrary.

Africa Research Bulletin Vol.51 No.11

Available online in .pdf format

Export Competition between Landlocked and Coastal Countries

This paper analyzes economic rivalry between two firms using an international Cournot duopoly model, where a firm from a landlocked country (LC) and a firm from a coastal country (CC) compete in a third-country market. It is assumed that the landlocked country firm adopts a transport-cost reducing R&D subsidized by its government, while the CC government imposes a toll fee on the LC firm. The findings show since a change in the LC’s transport-cost reducing R&D subsidy has a positive effect on its export and a negative effect on the CC’s export, both measures have effective strategic export policies.

Full-text available in .pdf

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