General resources

By Topic (Environment, Gender, etc)

Digitalization/Technology

ADB - Digital Trade in Europe and Central Asia- (2017)

ADB - Blockchain Technology for Paperless Trade Facilitation in Maldives (2020)

ADB - Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report 2019: Bridging Trade Finance Gaps through Technology (2019) 

ADB - Digitizing Trade in Asia Needs Legislative Reform (2021)  

ADB - Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Thinking Forward About Trade Costs and the Digital Economy(2015)  

ADB - Expanding Agri-Trade in Central Asia through the Use of Electronic Certificates (2021)

ADB - The Progress of Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Enabling International Supply Chain Integration (2014) 

FAO/UNECE/UNNEXT/UNESCAP -  Information Management in Agrifood Chains:  Towards an Integrated Paperless Framework for Agrifood Trade Facilitation (2015)

UNCTAD - ASYCUDA in action- Compendium (2019)

UNECE -  White Paper on Block Chain in Trade Facilitation (2020)

UNECE -  UN Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation:  UNECE Regional Report 2019 

UNECE -  White Paper on Block Chain in Trade Facilitation (2020) 

UNECE -  Trade Facilitation White Paper on Smart Containers (2019)  

UNECAP - UN Digital an Sustainable Trade Facilitation Global Report (2019)

UNESCAP- A primer on quantifying the environmental benefits of cross-border paperless trade facilitation(2019)  

WCO-WTO - The role of advanced technologies in cross-border trade: A customs perspective (2022)

WCO-WTO- Study Report on Disruptive Technologies (2022)

WTO/UNESCAP/UNCITRAL - Cross-border Paperless Trade Toolkit (2022)

WTO/ICC - Standards Toolkit for Cross-border Paperless Trade: Accelerating Trade Digitalisation Through the Use of Standards (2022)

WTO - Adapting to the digital trade era: challenges and opportunities (2021)

 

General (By Organization)

ADB

Regional Cooperation and Integration Publications List

i)      ADB. 2022. Regional Cooperation and Integration Publications List. Manila

 

Recurrent Publications

i)      Asian Economic Integration Report

ii)     Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific

·       ADB. 2022. Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Leveraging Trade and Digital Agreements for Sustainable Development. Manila.

·       ADB. 2019. Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Promoting Economic Diversification and Empowerment. Manila.

·       ADB. 2017. Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Promoting Connectivity for Inclusive Development. Manila.

·       ADB. 2015. Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Thinking Forward about Trade Costs and the Digital Economy. Manila.

·       ADB. 2013. Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Driving Private Sector Participation in Global Value Chains. Manila.

·       ADB. 2012. Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Its Role in Trade-Driven Growth. Manila.

 

iii)    Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report (with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific [ESCAP])

·       ESCAP and ADB. 2021. Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report 2021: Supply Chains of Critical Goods Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic—Disruptions, Recovery, and Resilience. Manila.

·       ESCAP and ADB. 2019. Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report 2019: Bridging Trade Finance Gaps through Technology. Manila.

 

iv)    Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey

·       ADB. 2022. Toward Inclusive Access to Trade Finance: Lessons from the Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey. Manila.

·       ADB. 2021. 2021 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey. Manila.

·       ADB. 2019. 2019 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey. Manila.

·       ADB. 2017. 2017 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey. Manila.

·       ADB. 2016. 2016 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey. Manila.

·       ADB. 2015. 2015 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey. Manila.

·       ADB. 2014. Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey. Manila.

·       ADB. 2013. Asian Development Bank Trade Finance Survey: Major Findings. Manila.

 

v)     CAREC Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring Annual Report

·       ADB. 2022. Progress in Trade Facilitation in CAREC Countries: A 10-Year Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring Perspective. Manila.

·       ADB. 2021. CAREC Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring Annual Report 2020: The Coronavirus Disease and Its Impact. Manila.

 

Operational Plans, Strategies, and Program Documents  

i)      ADB. 2022. CAREC Digital Strategy 2030. Manila.

ii)     ADB. 2021. Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program Strategic Framework 2030. Manila.

iii)    ADB. 2020. South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Operational Plan 2016–2025 Update. Manila.  

iv)    ADB. 2019. Strategy 2030 Operational Plan for Priority 7: Fostering Regional Cooperation and Integration. Manila.

v)     ADB. 2019. CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda 2030 and Rolling Strategic Action Plan 2018–2020. Manila.

vi)    ADB. 2017. South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Vision: Powering Asia in the 21st Century. Manila.

vii)  ADB. 2016. South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Operational Plan 2016–2025. Manila.  

viii) ADB. 2015. The Greater Mekong Subregion Transport and Trade Facilitation Action Program. Manila.

 

Guidance Notes and Toolkits

ii)     ADB. 2022. Fostering Regional Cooperation and Integration for Recovery and Resilience: Guidance Note. Manila.

iii)    ADB 2022. Facilitating Trade in Vaccines and Essential Medical Supplies. Manila.  

iv)    ADB. 2022. National Single Window: Guidance Note. Manila.

v)     ADB and ESCAP. 2013. Designing and Implementing Trade Facilitation in Asia and the Pacific 2013 Update. Manila.

 

Books, Reports, and Studies

i)      ADB. 2022. Integrated Approach to Trade and Transport Facilitation: Measuring Readiness for Sustainable, Inclusive, and Resilient Trade. Manila.      

ii)     ADB. 2022. E-Commerce in CAREC Countries: Infrastructure Development. Manila.

iii)    ADB. 2021. E-Commerce in CAREC Countries: Laws and Policies. Manila.  

iv)    ADB. 2021. Expanding Agri-Trade in Central Asia through the Use of Electronic Certificates. Manila.

v)     ADB. 2021. Ports and Logistics Scoping Study in CAREC Countries. Manila.

vi)    ADB. 2019. Borders without Barriers: Facilitating Trade in SASEC Countries. Manila.    

vii)  ADB. 2019. Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in CAREC: An Assessment and the Way Forward. Manila.

viii) ADB. 2018. Updating and Enhancement of the BIMSTEC Transport Infrastructure and Logistics Study. Manila.  

ix)    ADB. 2017. Trade Facilitation and Better Connectivity for an Inclusive Asia and Pacific. Manila.

x)     ADB. 2017. Trade Facilitation for a More Inclusive and Connected Asia and Pacific Region: Progress and Way Forward. Manila.

xi)    ADB. 2014. Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring: A Forward-Looking Retrospective. Manila.

xii)  ADB. 2013. Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Facilitate Trade in Agricultural and Food Products. Manila.  

xiii) ADB. 2012. Trade and Trade Facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Manila.  

xiv) ADB. 2011. Greater Mekong Subregion Cross-Border Transport Facilitation Agreement: Instruments and Drafting History. Manila.

xv)  Brooks, D. and S. Stone, eds. 2010. Trade Facilitation and Regional Cooperation in Asia. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: ADB and Edward Elgar.

i)      ESCAP and ADB. 2018. Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation in CAREC Countries. Bangkok. 

ii)     Estevadeordal, A., M. Kawai, and G. Wignaraja, eds. 2015. New Frontiers in Asia–Latin America Integration: Trade Facilitation, Production Networks, and FTAs. New York: ADB, Inter-American Development Bank, and Sage Publications.

 

Working Papers

i)      Kim, K., J. Abesamis, and Z. Ardaniel. 2022. The Impact of COVID-19 Mobility Restrictions on Trade Facilitation at Borders in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Region. ADB East Asia Working Paper Series. No. 52. Manila: ADB.

ii)     Kim, K., and P. Mariano. 2020. Trade Impact of Reducing Time and Costs at Borders in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Region. ADBI Working Paper Series.  No. 1106. Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute.

iii)    Das, S., and R. Sen. 2022. Trade Interdependencies in COVID-19–Related Essential Medical Goods: Role of Trade Facilitation and Cooperation for the Asian Economies. ADB Working Paper Series. No. 666. Manila: ADB.

iv)    Duval, Y. and K. Mengjing. 2017. Digital Trade Facilitation: Paperless Trade in Regional Trade Agreements. ADBI Working Paper Series. No. 747. Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute.    

v)     Bayley, A. 2014. Policies to Enhance Trade Facilitation in South Asia and Southeast Asia. ADBI Working Paper Series. No. 489. Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute.

 

Conferences Proceedings

i)      ADB. 2019. Inter-Subregional Forum for Enhanced Implementation of The World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement. Manila.

 

UNECE

General
Article 7: Release And Clearance Of Goods

Conventions & legal instruments

Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP) (as of January 2018)

Additional protocol to the Convention for the international carriage of goods by road (CMR) concerning the electronic consignment note (2008)

Convention on International Customs Transit Procedures for the Carriage of Goods by Rail under Cover of SMGS Consignment Notes (2006)

European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (2000)

Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (1975) 

International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of goods (1982)

Customs Convention on containers (1972)

European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (1957)

Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (1956)

Customs Convention on the temporary importation of private road vehicles (1954)

International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for passengers and baggage carried by rail (1952)

International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for goods carried by rail (1952)

 

Publications

Railways role in intermodality and the digitalization of transport documents (2018)

TIR Handbook (2018) (UN Official languages)

Railway reform in the ECE region (2017)

eTIR: Towards Paperless Cross-border Trade (2016)

The United Nations Transport Conventions on border crossing facilitations – Benefits for governments (2016) (ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish)

eTIR Reference Model (2014) (EnglishFrenchRussian)

OSCE-UNECE Handbook of best practices at border crossings – A trade and transport facilitation perspective (2012) (EnglishRussian, AlbanianSerbianMacedonian)

Article 8: Border Agency Cooperation

Conventions & legal instruments

Additional protocol to the Convention for the international carriage of goods by road  concerning the electronic consignment note (eCMR) (2008)

International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of goods (1982)

Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (1975)

Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (1956)

 

Publications

TIR Handbook (2018) (UN Official languages)

eTIR: Towards Paperless Cross-border Trade

The United Nations Transport Conventions on border crossing facilitations – Benefits for governments (2016) (ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish)

eTIR Reference Model (2014) (EnglishFrenchRussian)

OSCE-UNECE Handbook of best practices at border crossings – A trade and transport facilitation perspective (2012) (EnglishRussian, AlbanianSerbianMacedonian)

Articles 9-12

Guidance note on the legal aspects of e-CMR (2018) (EnglishFrenchRussian)

Article 12: Customs Cooperation

Conventions & legal instruments

Additional protocol to the Convention for the international carriage of goods by road (eCMR) concerning the electronic consignment note (2008)

International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of goods (1982)

Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (1975)

Customs Convention on containers (1972)

Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (1956)

 

Publications

Railways role in intermodality and the digitalization of transport documents (2018)

TIR Handbook (2018) (UN Official languages)

eTIR: Towards Paperless Cross-border Trade (2016)

The United Nations Transport Conventions on border crossing facilitations – Benefits for governments (2016) (ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish)

eTIR Reference Model (2014) (EnglishFrenchRussian)

OSCE-UNECE Handbook of best practices at border crossings – A trade and transport facilitation perspective (2012) (EnglishRussianAlbanianSerbianMacedonian)

 

Initiatives

UNECE Group of Experts towards Unified Railway Law Work Plan (2018) (EnglishFrenchRussian)

Joint Declaration towards unified railway law (2013)

UNECE Position Paper: towards Unified Railway Law in the pan-European region and on Euro-Asian transport corridors (2011) (EnglishRussianFrench)

 

GIS platform:

UNECE International Transport Infrastructure Observatory (Forthcoming)

 

Transport infrastructure publications

Innovative ways for financing transport infrastructure (2018)

UNECE Trans-European Motorways (TEM) Project (2018)

TEM Project Strategic Plan 2017-2021 (2017)

Euro-Asian Transport Linkages – Paving the way for a more efficient Euro-Asian transport (2012) (EnglishRussian)

UNECE-UNESCAP Joint study on developing Euro-Asian transport linkages (2007) (EnglishRussian)

 

Transport and sustainable development publications:

SDGs and the UN Transport Conventions (2016) and The Way Forward

Transport for sustainable development - The case of inland transport (2015)

Sustainable urban mobility and public transport (2015)

Climate change impacts and adaptation for international transport networks (2014) (EnglishFrenchRussian)

Transport for sustainable development in the UNECE region (2011)

 

Transport statistics publications:

2017 Inland transport statistics for Europe and North America

Regional Resources

Asia

Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report: Accelerating Climate-smart Trade and Investment for Sustainable Development- 2021

Asia-Pacific (ESCAP) Report

Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report 2019

South-West Asia (ESCWA) report

ASEAN

Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC

Trade Facilitation and Better Connectivity for an Inclusive Asia and Pacific 

Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report 2019: Bridging Trade Finance Gaps through Technology 

Policies to Enhance Trade Facilitation in South Asia and Southeast Asia  2014

Implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement: From Global Impacts to Value Chains 2019

Inter-Subregional Forum for Enhanced Implementation of the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement: Summary of Proceedings 

Trade Facilitation for a More Inclusive and Connected Asia and Pacific Region: Progress and Way Forward  2017 

The Greater Mekong Subregion Transport and Trade Facilitation Action Program (TTF-AP)  2015

South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation: Trade Facilitation Strategic Framework 2014-2018 

Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report 2021: Supply Chains of Critical Goods Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic—Disruptions, Recovery, and Resilience  

Does Infrastructure Facilitate Trade Connectivity? Evidence from ASEAN  

Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism in Nepal: Baseline Study 

Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Expand Trade and Ensure Food Safety: 2nd CAREC Trade Facilitation Learning Opportunity - Sharing the Baltic Experience 

Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism in Bhutan: Baseline Study 

Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism in Bangladesh: Baseline Study 

Trade Costs, Time, and Supply Chain Reliability 

Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Thinking Forward About Trade Costs and the Digital Economy 

Central and Eastern Europe

Coming soon

Latin America

Coming soon

Pacific

TFAF Brochures & Materials

TFAF Notifications Brochure (Lists Notification Deadlines)

TFAF Grant Program Brochure

WTO TFA Implementation Brochure (Lists contact details for Donors & Partner Organizations)

National Commitees on Trade Facilitation

Trade Facilitation Agreement: Easing the Flow of Goods across Borders

The WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement

Publications

Publications in WTO languages

Publications in Non-WTO languages