Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Countries and Customs Territories in the WTI Database -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Policy-Related Trade Indicators -- Trade Policy -- External Environment -- Overall Business and Institutional Environment -- Trade Facilitation -- 3. Trade Outcomes -- 4. Regional Analyses -- East Asia and the Pacific -- Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- South Asia -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Appendixes -- A. Definitions of Selected Indicators -- B. Background to the Selection of Trade-Related Indicators -- C. Trade Indicators by Other Institutions -- D. Trade-At-A-Glance Tables, by Income Group -- E. Full List of Indicators -- Notes -- References -- Box -- 2.1. Garment and Textiles Exporters Also Face Higher Tariffs Than the Rest of the World -- Figures -- 2.1. Tariff Protection Is Highest among Low-Income Countries and the SAS, MNA, and SSA Regions -- 2.2. Tariffs Have Been Falling in All Regions, but Remain High in MNA, SAS, and SSA -- 2.3. Import Duties Collected Are Much Lower Than Statutory Tariffs -- 2.4. Countries with Lower Tariffs Tend to Be More Integrated -- 2.5. The SAS Region and Other Low-Income Countries Had the Largest Decreases in Tariffs -- 2.6. Countries Have Liberalized Agriculture Less Than Other Merchandise Sectors -- 2.7. High- and Middle-Income Countries Have Less Transparent Protection -- 2.8. MNA and HI-OECD Countries Protect Agriculture the Most and SSA the Least -- 2.9. Maximum Tariffs and Dispersion Are Still High in Many Regions -- 2.10. Tariff Escalation Is Highest in MNA and High-Income OECD Countries, Especially in Agriculture -- 2.11. Fiscal Revenues Are Most Dependent on Import Duties in SSA and SAS Countries.

2.12. ECA and High-Income OECD Countries Have Committed the Most to Open Their Services Sectors and Low-Income Countries the Least -- 2.13. High-Income Countries Are More Committed Than Other Groups to Services Trade Liberalization in Most Sectors -- 2.14. Market Access Is More Restricted in Agriculture -- 2.15. SAS Exporters Face the Highest Tariff Barriers and MNA's the Lowest -- 2.16. Better Market Access Helps Trade and Export Performance -- 2.17. Agricultural Exporters Face Higher Market Access Barriers -- 2.18. Duty-Free Trade Has Increased Significantly -- 2.19. Benefits from Preferences Vary across Regions from Low to Modest -- 2.20. Countries with Better Institutional Environments Tend to Have Lower Export Concentrations and Higher Shares of Manufacturing Exports -- 2.21. Countries with Best Logistics Performance Are All Developed Economies That Are Major Global Transport and Logistics Hubs -- 2.22. Countries with Better Trade Logistics Integrate Faster -- 3.1. Low-Income Countries Experienced Largest Trade Growth Slowdown in 2007 -- 3.2. Services Trade Grew the Fastest in Mostly High-Income and Upper-Middle-Income Countries -- 3.3. Trade Integration Has Been Rising across All Income Groups and Most Regions -- 3.4. Among Developing Regions, MNA and SSA Are the Least Diversified, and ECA and SAS the Most -- 3.5. Countries with Lower Export Product Concentration Exhibit Less Volatility of Real Export Growth -- Tables -- 2.1. High- and Middle-Income Countries Have the Lowest Import Protection -- 2.2. Some Countries Have Increased Their MFN Tariffs (Simple Averages) -- 2.3. Most Developing Countries, Save WTO Accession Countries, Have Committed Little in the GATS -- 2.4. Oil and Commodity Exporters and Rich Countries Enjoy the Best Market Access -- 2.5. Small Islands Enjoy Lowest Tariff Barriers, While Cotton Exporters the Highest, 2006.

2.6. Some Countries Draw High Benefits from Preferences, Others None -- 3.1. Developing Countries' Export Growth Decelerated in 2007 -- 3.2. Many MNA and SSA Countries Are among Those with the Lowest Trade Growth -- 3.3. Energy and Commodity Producers in SSA and a Number of Central Asian Countries Expanded Their World Export Market Shares the Most -- 3.4. Southeast Asian and Small Countries Are More Integrated Than Larger Developing Countries -- 3.5. OECD and Large Developing Countries Are Most Diversified, While Oil Exporters, Small, Poor, Landlocked Countries the Least -- 3.6. Top 5 Export Products for 10 Most and 10 Least Diversified Countries, 2005 -- 4.1. EAP Key Trade-Related Indicators -- 4.2. ECA Key Trade-Related Indicators -- 4.3. LAC Key Trade-Related Indicators -- 4.4. MNA Key Trade-Related Indicators -- 4.5. SAS Key Trade-Related Indicators -- 4.6. SSA Key Trade-Related Indicators.