Trade facilitation and microfinancing for poverty reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion: A case study of Thailand

This chapter investigates whether trade facilitation measures benefit the poor and microenterprises in border provinces. It also explores the role of microfinance in supporting the utilization of the trade facilitation initiatives. The role of microfinance in this context is to complement trade facilitation measures in order to allow the poor to benefit from new market access or business opportunities resulting from trade facilitation measures.