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Global Enabling Trade Report 2009

Global Enabling Trade Report 2009. Latin America and Colombia. Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Senior Economist World Economic Forum UNCTAD Virtual Institute Study Tour Geneva | 22 October, 2009. The Global Competitiveness Network Our activities. Since 1979 : Study of national competitiveness

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Global Enabling Trade Report 2009

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  1. Global Enabling Trade Report 2009 Latin America and Colombia Margareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Senior Economist World Economic Forum UNCTAD Virtual Institute Study Tour Geneva | 22 October, 2009

  2. The Global Competitiveness NetworkOur activities Since 1979: • Study of national competitiveness • Development of benchmarking tools (indexes) for global-, regional- and industry-specific analysis • Result dissemination, platform for dialogue • Flagship product: Global Competitiveness Report

  3. The Global Competitiveness Network Regional and special topic reports recently released: • Gender Gap Report 2008 • Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008 • Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008 • Global Enabling Trade Report 2008 • The Ukraine Competitiveness Report 2008

  4. The Global Competitiveness Report • Launched in 1979 covering 16 countries; The Report has since expanded its coverage to 134 countries. • Co-editors: Professors Michael Porter, Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Klaus Schwab • Our goal: to provide a benchmarking tool for policymakers and business leaders

  5. The Global Enabling Trade Report Background • Aim:Raise awareness of the significance of international trade flows for economic development and the importance of reducing barriers to global trade, in particular those related to transport. • Developed and launched in 2008 by the World Economic Forum, initiated by the Forum’s Industry Partners in Logistics and Transportation. • Partners: The Forum’s Industry Partners and International Organizations active in the area of international trade. • 2009: covering 121 countries, over 95% of global GDP

  6. Global Enabling Trade Report 2009How are the results being used? • Enabling public-private dialogue: The results of our reports provide an objective base for public-private dialogue on how to enable trade in countries. • Prioritizing reform: Identifying strengths and weaknesses in each country’s trade environment. • Monitoring: Help policy makers and business to monitor progress over time.

  7. Definition and data sources • The ETI measures the institutions, policies and services facilitating the free flow of goods over national borders, and to destination • Variables come from the following sources: • Executive Opinion Survey by the World Economic Forum • Comtrade, TRAINS and Lega Carta databases (calculated by International Trade Centre) • Global Express Association Reports • World Bank LPI, Doing Business and WDI • UNCTAD for liner services and transshipment connectivity • IATA for airport density, ITU for telecommunications data, WTO for data on air service agreements

  8. The Enabling Trade Index

  9. Market Access Index structure Enabling Trade Index Examples of variables: • Trade weighted average tariff rate • Non-tariff barriers • Share of duty-free imports • Complexity of the tariff regime • Tariffs faced Domestic and foreign market access

  10. Border Administration Index structure Enabling Trade Index Examples of variables: • Burden of customs procedures • Quality of customs services • Number of days and documents to import • Cost to import • Irregular payments in exports and imports Efficiency of Customs Administration Efficiency of Import-Export Procedures Transparency of Border Administration

  11. Index structure Enabling Trade Index Examples of variables: • Airport density • Road congestion • Transport infrastructure quality (air, rail, roads, ports) • Ease and affordability of shipment • Ability and ease of tracking • Postal service efficiency • ICT penetration rates (Internet, cell phones, etc.) Transport & Communications Infrastructure Availability & Quality of Transport Infrastructure Availability & Qualityof Transport Services Availability and Use of ICTs

  12. Business Environment Index structure Enabling Trade Index Examples of variables: • Ethics and corruption • Property rights • Government efficiency • Foreign ownership restrictions • Ease of hiring foreign labor • Country-level violence • Reliability of the police Regulatory Environment Physical Security

  13. Global Enabling Trade Report 2009Top 10 and Selected Economies (out of 121)

  14. Global Enabling Trade Report 2009Detailed Results for Selected Countries

  15. Global Enabling Trade Report 2009Example of Results

  16. Results for Latin America

  17. Detailed results for Latin American countries

  18. Colombia vs. LAC average

  19. Colombia’s performance in the ETI vs. Best performers

  20. Colombia’s performance in the ETI vs. Best performers

  21. Colombia’s performance in the ETI vs. Best performers

  22. Colombia’s performance in the ETI vs. Best performers

  23. Colombia’s performance in the ETI vs. Best performers

  24. Thank you! www.weforum.org/getr

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