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Trade Finance Infrastructure Development Handbook for Economies in Transition
Topic : Value Chain Finance
This Handbook is one of the products developed under a three-year project funded through the United Nations Development Account and aimed at building the capacity of selected ESCAP member countries with economies in transition in the area of trade and investment, with a view to enabling them to respond more effectively to the challenges and opportunities emerging from the globalization process.
The Handbook is targeted mainly at officials from ministries in charge of trade who need to acquire a basic understanding of trade finance and the importance of trade finance infrastructure development. Information provided in the Handbook may help to strengthen the trade finance aspects of national trade development strategies and to foster a better understanding of the issues and mechanisms that may need to be discussed with officials in charge of financial sector regulation and supervision.
On the other hand, the Handbook may also provide a platform for financial system regulators to better understand the point of view of trade officials and traders and their needs. Selected chapters may also be of interest to officials from ministries or agencies in charge of information and communication technology with the main responsibilities of developing e-commerce, online banking and e-payment systems.
The first a chapter provides a general introduction to trade finance and trade finance infrastructure development, and an overview of trade finance methods and instruments is given in chapter II. Legal issues and conventions related to the main trade finance instruments are discussed in chapter III, and chapter IV is dedicated to structured trade and commodity finance. The relationship between trade finance and the macroeconomic environment is examined in chapter V and the importance of institutions for trade finance development is highlighted in chapters VI. Issues related to international payment systems and e-trade finance development are addressed in chapters VII and VIII. The Handbook concludes with a proposed trade finance infrastructure development framework based on ITC trade finance pointers methodology and inspired by the ESCAP Trade Facilitation Framework.
- Resource type Book
- Author UNCTAD/WTO
- Year of Publication2005
- RegionGlobal
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages124 pp.
- Keywords Trade Finance, Structured Trade, Commodity Financing