Publication: Customs Modernization Initiatives : Case Studies
Date
2004
ISSN
Published
2004
Author(s)
De Wulf, Luc
Sokol, José B.
Abstract
This volume presents case studies of
customs modernization initiatives in eight developing
countries: Bolivia, Ghana, Morocco, Mozambique, Peru, the
Philippines, Turkey, and Uganda. The purpose of these case
studies was to obtain a firsthand view of how these
countries undertook customs reforms and to assess their
success. The overall lessons learned from these studies are
presented in chapter 2 of the Customs Modernization Handbook
(World Bank forthcoming), a companion volume that provides
policymakers, practitioners, and project managers from
development agencies with an overview of the key issues they
need to address in preparing and implementing customs
modernization initiatives. The audience for the Customs
Modernization Handbook is customs officials who are called
on to design and implement customs reform and modernization
strategies, as well as staff members of the World Bank and
of other multilateral and bilateral development agencies who
support developing countries in implementing such
strategies. All the case studies except for the one on Ghana
were prepared using basically the same methodology, which
aimed at identifying the origins of the reforms, the main
drivers, and the outcomes. The Ghana case study is somewhat
different, because it focuses on how the automation of trade
and customs processes took the lead in the trade
facilitation and customs reform.
Citation
“De Wulf, Luc; Sokol, José B.. 2004. Customs Modernization Initiatives : Case Studies. © Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/6829f3b3-1975-5fdc-94d5-4870048966ac License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”