This report highlights Bangladesh’s cross-border paperless trade readiness, outlines the significant legal and technical gaps it still needs to address, and provides a comprehensive action plan.
- Dimensions
- 8.5x11
- Pages
- 118
- Published in
- Philippines
- pages
- 116
Table of Contents
- Joint foreword 4
- Acknowledgements 5
- Executive summary 6
- Contents 8
- Abbreviations 10
- I. Introduction 12
- II. Technical readiness for cross-border paperless trade: summary of updates 13
- II.A. Level of automation 13
- II.B. Information and communications technology infrastructure for paperless trade 14
- II.C. Business process re-engineering 15
- II.D. Data harmonization and standardization 15
- II.E. Capacity-building 15
- II.F. National status towards cross-border data exchange 16
- III. Legal readiness for cross-border paperless trade: summary of updates 16
- III.A. Electronic transactions and signatures law 16
- III.B. Laws regarding paperless trade systems 17
- III.C. Cross-border aspects 18
- III.D. Other considerations 19
- IV. Recommendations for moving towards cross-border paperless trade 21
- IV.A. Technical recommendations 21
- IV.B. Legal recommendations 23
- V. Bangladesh action plan for cross-border paperless trade 28
- V.A. Technical aspect 28
- V.B. Legal Aspect 35
- VI. Conclusion and way forward 47
- VII. Cross-border paperless trade: a technical readiness checklist: BANGLADESH 48
- VII.A. Paperless trade system at the national level 49
- VII.B. National status towards cross-border data exchange 67
- Appendix 78
- VIII. Cross-border paperless trade: a legal readiness checklist: BANGLADESH 86
- Introduction 86
- VIII.A. Electronic transactions and signatures law 87
- VIII.B. Laws regarding paperless trade systems 98
- VIII.C. Cross-border aspects 103
- VIII.D. Treaties and model laws relevant to cross-border paperless trade facilitation 106
- VIII.E. Legal readiness checklist: non-exhaustive list of treaties and model laws 107
- VIII.F. Other considerations 110
