Trade Integration
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ESCWA Study on Air Transport E/ESCWA/GRID/2007/3 This study was carried out at the request of ESCWA member countries through the Committee on Transport of the Commission. It reviews the ways in which the region is responding to the... |
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Trade and transport costs in the Arab region E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/3 Trade costs are a major determinant of trade competitiveness and integration in regional and global economies. The Arab region has high trade costs, resulting in low trade integration at the... |
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Assessing Arab Economic Integration: Towards the Arab Customs Union E/ESCWA/EDID/2015/4 The limited progress in economic integration in the Arab region in part reflects limited progress in mainstreaming regional integration commitments into national development plans and... |
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Assessing Arab Economic Integration: How Agricultural Trade can Affect the Achievement of the SDGs through Further Integration Third Edition E/ESCWA/EDID/2019/4 The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the scale of its impact across the Arab region highlight the need for collaborative economic integration that strengthens the region’s recovery and builds... |
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Assessing Arab Economic Integration: Trade in Services as a Driver of Growth and Development E/ESCWA/EDID/2017/6 Economic integration is an important means to generate income and employment, to boost investment and to spur structural transformation toward more diversified and broad-based economic models.... |
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Assessment of Trade Policy Trends and Implications for the Economic Performance of the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/EDGD/2009/1 While ESCWA member countries face a number of obstacles to increasing regional trade, a consensus exists among policymakers that the economic integration in the region is crucial both to promote... |
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ESCWA Technical Cooperation Report, 2006 E/ESCWA/PPTCD/2007/Technical Material.1 This report aims to update all stakeholders in the progress of the ESCWA technical cooperation programme during 2006, despite the challenging unstable environment of the region. The report... |
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ESCWA Annual Report - 2012 E/ESCWA/OES/2013/1 2012 Annual report focuses on ESCWA activities that meet the priority needs of member countries. In addition to undertaking specific projects, ESCWA mobilized a regional knowledge base and... |
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Transport and Trade Facilitation in the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/EDGD/2009/9  Arabic (124.39 KB) English (73.13 KB) |
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Promotion of Electronic Exchange of Customs Information and the Adoption of Standard Electronic Messages The purpose of the seminar was to promote the electronic exchange of transit information between customs administrations and the adoption of standards for electronic messages by means of... |
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Transport and Trade Facilitation in the ESCWA Region ESCWA convened an Expert Group Meeting on Trade and Transport Facilitation in the ESCWA region, at Le Bristol Hotel, Beirut, during 7-8 December 2009.
The meeting discussed... |
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Trade Facilitation with Reference to Selected Arab Countries E/ESCWA/GRID/2005/10 This study aims at shedding light on the concept of trade facilitation, its importance, the challenges to be addressed, and the experiences of different countries in this regard to be used as... |
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Facilitate the Launch of the Arab Customs Union This workshop provided technical support and capacity-building for the representatives of the ministries of trade and finance in the Arab States members of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area in... |
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Impact analysis of ACU scenarios |
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COVID-19: Impact on Transport in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/CL2.GPID/2020/TP.15 The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a global health and economic crisis that has transformed the world. The Arab region is not immune to the shock triggered by the pandemic. In line with global... |
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Transport and Connectivity to Global Value Chains: Illustrations from the Arab Region E/ESCWA/EDID/2017/3 This report explores the impact of transport infrastructure and services availability and efficiency on Global Value Chains connectivity. It also assesses whether the Arab region meets the... |
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National Connectivity Report Jordan 2020 E/ESCWA/CL3.SEP/2020/TP.7 Last decades have witnessed a significant increase in the amount of transport of persons and goods resulting in economic growth and connectivity becoming high on the political agenda of countries... |
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Webinar 1: “COVID-19 and the contraction in global and regional Value Chains: FDI and Trade impacts” and Webinar 2: “Toolkits to facilitate global and regional trade to support economic recovery" The novel coronavirus has hit the economies around the world hard, restraining the flow of goods, services, capital and people. As a result, supply chains and... |
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Single Window for Iraq The concept of trade facilitation single window includes the complete trade, transport and logistics community so that, ultimately, all border crossings and all... |
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Meeting of the Technical Committee, Seventh The seventh meeting of the Technical Committee will be held in the ESCWA Technology Centre, Amman, Jordan from 18-19 March 2013. The Committee starts its working sessions at 10.15 a.m. on... |