The ''Global Enabling Trade Report'' was first published in 2008 by the
World Economic Forum
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.
The 2008 report covers 118 major and emerging economies. At the core of the report is the Enabling Trade Index which ranks the countries using data from different sources (e.g., World Economic Forum's Executive Opinion Survey,
International Trade Centre
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World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations (UN) through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
The head ...
,
World Bank
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, the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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(UNCTAD),
IATA
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,
ITU
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,
Global Express Association).
The Enabling Trade Index measures the factors, policies and services that facilitate the trade in goods across borders and to destination. It is made up of four sub-indexes:
# Market access
# Border administration
# Transport and communications infrastructure
# Business environment
Each of these sub-indexes contains two to three pillars that assess different aspects of a country's trade environment.
2016 rankings
Global Enabling Trade Report 2016
2014 rankings
Global Enabling Trade Report 2014
2012 rankings
Global Enabling Trade Report 2012
2010 rankings
Global Enabling Trade Report 2010
2009 rankings
Global Enabling Trade Report 2009
2008 rankings
Global Enabling Trade Report 2008
References
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