Trade Finance Infrastructure Development Handbook for Economies in Transition (English, Russian)
Author(s):
Trade and Investment Division (TID)
Economic Sector(s):
(1) Monetary and financial issues and policies; (2) Global trade policies; (3) Trade in commodities and manufactures; (4) Trade in services, including tourism; (5) Trade expansion, trade promotion and export development
ESCAP Reference
No.: ST/ESCAP/2374
Division/Office:
Trade and Investment
Published Date:
16 September 2005
Country:
{Sub-regional Publication}
Hard Copy Price:
Free
This 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. It includes an overview of trade finance methods and instruments and related legal issues and conventions. The Handbook also features an introduction to structured trade and commodity finance, a method to assess and monitor the national trade finance environment and a simple model of national trade finance institutional structure. Payment system issues and the emergence of e-trade finance are also addressed in separate chapters.
Trade Finance Infrastructure Development Handbook for Economies in Transition (English, Russian)
