{"doc_desc":{"title":"WLD_2001_TBTS_v01_M","idno":"DDI_WLD_2001_TBTS_v02_M","prod_date":"2011-02-11","version_statement":{"version":"DDI Document  - Version 02 - (04\/21\/21)\n This version is identical to DDI_WLD_2001_TBTS_v01_M but country field has been updated to capture all the countries covered by survey.\n\n Version 01 (February 2011)"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"WLD_2001_TBTS_v01_M","title":"Technical Barriers to Trade Survey 2001-2002","alt_title":"TBTS 2001-2002"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"John S. Wilson (World Bank), Keith E. Maskus (University of Colorado at Boulder), Tsunehiro Otsuki (Osaka University)","affiliation":""}],"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Development Research Group","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"research@worldbank.org","uri":"http:\/\/go.worldbank.org\/B9W4QTDHR0"}]},"version_statement":{"version":"The World Bank has completed a new database on technical barriers to trade and standards, based on a survey of 689 firms in 17 developing countries. The World Bank Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) database includes information on both mandatory technical regulations, as well as the use of voluntary standards. For example, the data include information on the costs of meeting standards and technical barriers required in major export markets. The data also include firms' experiences with product testing and their responses to questions regarding mutual recognition agreements."},"study_info":{"coll_dates":[{"start":"2001","end":"2002","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Argentina","abbreviation":"ARG"},{"name":"Bulgaria","abbreviation":"BGR"},{"name":"Chile","abbreviation":"CHL"},{"name":"Czech Republic","abbreviation":"CZE"},{"name":"Honduras","abbreviation":"HND"},{"name":"India","abbreviation":"IND"},{"name":"Iran, Islamic Rep.","abbreviation":"IRN"},{"name":"Jordan","abbreviation":"JOR"},{"name":"Kenya","abbreviation":"KEN"},{"name":"Mozambique","abbreviation":"MOZ"},{"name":"Nigeria","abbreviation":"NGA"},{"name":"Pakistan","abbreviation":"PAK"},{"name":"Panama","abbreviation":"PAN"},{"name":"Poland","abbreviation":"POL"},{"name":"Senegal","abbreviation":"SEN"},{"name":"Uganda","abbreviation":"UGA"},{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"ZAF"}],"data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"The scope of WLD 2001 TBTS includes:\n- Determinants of export decisions\n- Export destinations\n- Domestic and foreign export regulations"},"method":{"data_collection":{"coll_mode":"Other [oth]"}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"cit_req":"Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:\n- the Identification of the Primary Investigator\n- the title of the survey (including acronym and year of implementation)\n- the survey reference number\n- the source and date of download\n\nExample:\n\nJohn S. Wilson et al. Technical Barriers to Trade Survey (TBTS) 2001-2002. Ref. WLD_2001_TBTS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http:\/\/microdata.worldbank.org on [date]","disclaimer":"The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses."}}},"schematype":"survey","tags":[{"tag":"DOI"}]}