The Global Enabling Trade Report was first published in 2008 by the World Economic Forum. [1]
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, World Bank, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), IATA, ITU, 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:
Each of these sub-indexes contains two to three pillars that assess different aspects of a country's trade environment.
Global Enabling Trade Report 2016 [2]
Global Enabling Trade Report 2014 [3]
Global Enabling Trade Report 2012 [4]
Global Enabling Trade Report 2010 [5]
Global Enabling Trade Report 2009 [6]
Global Enabling Trade Report 2008 [7]
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