2017 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey

Abstract

Using new questions, the 2017 ADB Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey deepens our understanding of both the quality of rejected transactions and the amount of foregone trade that results when firms cannot access sufficient trade finance. The survey, now in its fifth year, also explores the associations between shortfalls of trade finance and jobs as well as the behavior of woman-owned firms. In addition, this year’s survey introduces suggestive evidence about whether fintech and digitization made inroads into the trade finance shortfalls that continue to characterize emerging economies. Using complementary surveys of both banks and firms, we explore digitization, inclusion, and the regulatory environment to understand the landscape of global trade finance shortfalls.