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Research, Data & Tools

Research

The Trade team carries out research in areas that help define priority areas for trade, competitiveness, and development, and shape the global debate on how to use trade as a lever for growth and poverty reduction. Our work program responds both to research priority areas as identified by clients and operational demand from regional team ncluding Agriculture,  Services,
 
Poverty and Trade, etc. For more topics:
 
  Trade Research Website 
  Research Core Team 
  Policy Research Working Papers on Trade  
  Books
Data
As part of its activities, the Trade team collects data and produces indicators to support policymakers' trade policy diagnostics:

  World Trade Indicators (WTI) 
  
World Development Indicators (WDI)
  Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 
  
Overall Trade Restrictiveness Indices 
  Banking Crisis and Exports Dataset
  
Data on Trade and Import Barriers
  Trade, Production and Protection Database, 1976-2004
  Technical Barriers to Trade Survey
  EU Standards database
  Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, 1955-2007
  Global Antidumping Database 
  
WTO Dispute Settlement Database 
  WTO Brochure: Trade & Market Acess Data For Policy Makers
 
 Innovation and Development Around the World, 1960 - 2000
  Social Accounting Matrices for the Regions of Russia, 2001
  GTAP Africa Trade Database

Tools

The Bank also provides country teams and policymakers with tools to carry out trade analysis and diagnostics:  

Software & Excel based tools

  World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS)
  Tariff Reform Impact Simulation Tool (TRIST)
  International Trade Centre's Market Analysis Tools 

Handbooks

  Customs Modernization Handbook, 2005
  Reforming the Regulatory Procedures for Import & Export: Guide for Practitioners, 2006
  Industry Checklists 
 
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Last updated on Oct 13, 2009




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