Customs Modernization Initiatives : Case Studies

Abstract

This volume presents case studies of
\n customs modernization initiatives in eight developing
\n countries: Bolivia, Ghana, Morocco, Mozambique, Peru, the
\n Philippines, Turkey, and Uganda. The purpose of these case
\n studies was to obtain a firsthand view of how these
\n countries undertook customs reforms and to assess their
\n success. The overall lessons learned from these studies are
\n presented in chapter 2 of the Customs Modernization Handbook
\n (World Bank forthcoming), a companion volume that provides
\n policymakers, practitioners, and project managers from
\n development agencies with an overview of the key issues they
\n need to address in preparing and implementing customs
\n modernization initiatives. The audience for the Customs
\n Modernization Handbook is customs officials who are called
\n on to design and implement customs reform and modernization
\n strategies, as well as staff members of the World Bank and
\n of other multilateral and bilateral development agencies who
\n support developing countries in implementing such
\n strategies. All the case studies except for the one on Ghana
\n were prepared using basically the same methodology, which
\n aimed at identifying the origins of the reforms, the main
\n drivers, and the outcomes. The Ghana case study is somewhat
\n different, because it focuses on how the automation of trade
\n and customs processes took the lead in the trade
\n facilitation and customs reform.