Trade Facilitation Indicators: Hard and Soft Infrastructure 2004-2007
World, 2004 - 2007
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Identification
Survey ID Number
WLD_2007_TFI_v01_M
Title
Trade Facilitation Indicators: Hard and Soft Infrastructure 2004-2007
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| World | WLD |
Study type
Macroeconomics - Indicators
Kind of Data
Aggregate data [agg]
Version
Version Description
Four new indicators, covering 112 countries over the 2004-2007 period, are estimated to show that trade facilitation reforms do improve the export performance of developing countries. The database contains four new indicators related to trade facilitation covering 112 countries over the 2004-2007. The indicators are scaled on a range of 0 (lowest performer) to 1 (top performer) and are obtained using factor analysis using 20 indicators of different sources: Doing Business, World Economic Forum, World Development Indicators and Transparency International.
They are grouped along two dimensions:
Hard infrastructure:
*Physical infrastructure measures the level of development and quality of ports, airports, roads, and rail infrastructure.
*Information and communications technology (ICT) is interpreted as the extent to which an economy uses information and communications technology to improve efficiency, and productivity as well as to reduce transaction costs. It contains indicators on the availability, use, absorption, and government prioritization of ICT.
Soft Infrastructure:
*Border and transport efficiency aims at quantifying the level of efficiency of customs and domestic transport that is reflected in the time, cost, and number of documents necessary for export and import procedures.
*Business and regulatory environment measures the level of development of regulations and transparency. It is built on indicators of irregular payments, favoritism, government transparency, and measures to combat corruption.
For a more detailed description of the methodology, please refer to the research paper by Portugal-Perez & Wilson (2010).
They are grouped along two dimensions:
Hard infrastructure:
*Physical infrastructure measures the level of development and quality of ports, airports, roads, and rail infrastructure.
*Information and communications technology (ICT) is interpreted as the extent to which an economy uses information and communications technology to improve efficiency, and productivity as well as to reduce transaction costs. It contains indicators on the availability, use, absorption, and government prioritization of ICT.
Soft Infrastructure:
*Border and transport efficiency aims at quantifying the level of efficiency of customs and domestic transport that is reflected in the time, cost, and number of documents necessary for export and import procedures.
*Business and regulatory environment measures the level of development of regulations and transparency. It is built on indicators of irregular payments, favoritism, government transparency, and measures to combat corruption.
For a more detailed description of the methodology, please refer to the research paper by Portugal-Perez & Wilson (2010).
Scope
Notes
The dataset includes the following indicators:
- Physical infrastructure
- ICT
- Business environment
- Border & transport efficiency
- Physical infrastructure
- ICT
- Business environment
- Border & transport efficiency
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Luis Alberto Portugal Perez and John S. Wilson | World Bank |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 2007 |
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Research Group | World Bank | research@worldbank.org | http://go.worldbank.org/B9W4QTDHR0 |
Citation requirements
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Luis Alberto Portugal Perez and John S. Wilson, World Bank. Trade Facilitation Indicators: Hard and Soft Infrastructure (TFI) 2004-2007. Ref. WLD_2007_TFI_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http://microdata.worldbank.org on [date]
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Luis Alberto Portugal Perez and John S. Wilson, World Bank. Trade Facilitation Indicators: Hard and Soft Infrastructure (TFI) 2004-2007. Ref. WLD_2007_TFI_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http://microdata.worldbank.org on [date]
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_WLD_2007_TFI_v01_M
Date of Metadata Production
2011-01-27
DDI Document version
Version 01 (January 2011)