01750cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF019366 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498317030 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Lotte van Wersch, Cornelia. Statistical Coverage of Trade Finance : Fintechs and Supply Chain Financing / Cornelia Lotte van Wersch. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (35 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Trade finance is the backbone of international trade for entities ranging from a small businesses to multi-national corporations. An estimated 80 percent of world trade relies on this form of finance (WTO, 2017). Despite its systemic importance and rapid growth, data availability is only partial. During the 2008 financial crisis, policy makers, notably the G20 recognized that the absence of comprehensive trade finance data posed a significant hurdle for policy-makers to make informed, timely decisions. This paper proposes a stand-alone dataset to reflect the scope, dynamic and recent innovations of the trade finance market to support macroeconomic policy analysis. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/165 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/165/001.2019.issue-165-en.xml IMF e-Library