OECD Trade Policy Papers
This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected trade policy studies prepared for use within the OECD.
NB. No. 1 to No. 139 were released under the previous series title OECD Trade Policy Working Papers.
- ISSN: 18166873 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18166873
Fostering participation in digital trade for ASEAN MSMEs
This paper provides a broad overview of some of the issues that digital trade raises for ASEAN countries and its MSMEs, including new opportunities that digitalisation presents for ASEAN firms to increase trade. However, it shows that adoption of relatively simple digital tools, such as webpages, remains relatively low, constraining the ability of ASEAN SMEs to engage in trade as exporters and importers. The paper argues that, to benefit from digital trade, policy makers need to consider issues related to accessing digital networks jointly with a range of old and new trade issues.
Keywords: trade costs, ASEAN, digital trade, SMEs
JEL:
F13: International Economics / Trade / Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations;
F14: International Economics / Trade / Empirical Studies of Trade;
L11: Industrial Organization / Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance / Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms;
F68: International Economics / Economic Impacts of Globalization / Economic Impacts of Globalization: Policy;
D22: Microeconomics / Production and Organizations / Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis;
F63: International Economics / Economic Impacts of Globalization / Economic Impacts of Globalization: Economic Development
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