Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific : Promoting Connectivity for Inclusive Development

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Highlights -- 1. Regional Trends in Aid for Trade and Trade Costs -- Introduction -- 1.1 Recent Trends in Asia's Trade -- 1.2 Directions in Aid for Trade -- 1.3 Trade Cost Cuts are Key to Economic Integration -- 2. Trade, Inclusive Growth, and Employment for Women -- Introduction -- 2.1 Trade Can Deliver Inclusive Growth and Quality Jobs -- 2.2 Trade and Gender Equality: Capitalizing on Women's Participation -- 2.3 Policy Implications and Key Intervention Areas for AfT -- 3. The Digital Economy and Trade Connectivity -- Introduction -- 3.1 Trends and Patterns in E-Commerce -- 3.2 Readiness Factors Influence E-Commerce Adoption -- 3.3 Way Forward for Key Policy Interventions -- 4. Aid for Trade and Services -- Introduction: Services Can Drive Economic Development -- 4.1 Trends in Services AfT and Trade in Services -- 4.2 Targeted AfT Can Boost Trade in Services -- 4.3 Dismantling Barriers to Services Trade -- 5. Promoting Connectivity in Geographically Challenged Economies of Asia and the Pacific -- Introduction -- 5.1 Doing Business in Landlocked and Sealocked Economies -- 5.2 Challenges to Increasing Trade Facilitation and Promoting Connectivity -- 5.3 Impacts of Aid for Trade on Services -- Case Study 1: Central Asia's Landlocked States Seek to Open Up Trade in Backbone Services -- Case Study 2: Trade Potential of Tourism Services in Sealocked Pacific Nations -- 5.4 Conclusion: The Rational for Targeted Interventions -- References -- Blank Page.