An Evaluation of Border Management Reforms in a Technical Agency
Impact evaluations of trade facilitation reforms have almost exclusively focused on reforms by data-rich customs agencies. Other "technical" agencies also intervene in the logistics of international trade, and do so in ways that can cause...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/838181506955665145/An-evaluation-of-border-management-reforms-in-a-technical-agency http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28453 |
| Summary: | Impact evaluations of trade facilitation
reforms have almost exclusively focused on reforms by
data-rich customs agencies. Other "technical"
agencies also intervene in the logistics of international
trade, and do so in ways that can cause significant
interruptions in the flow of the imported products they
oversee. This paper is the first to evaluate a reform by a
technical agency, namely, the agency responsible for food
safety and animal health in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia. The data environment is much more challenging
than in customs, but enables the investigation of novel
questions. The study finds that on-the-ground practices
regarding sampling of import shipments departed
substantially from those planned in the reform. It finds
little evidence that the reform was successful in its
attempt to improve the targeting of risky shipments. There
is limited evidence that the reform increased trade flows,
but circumstances make it difficult to establish a strong
causal link to the specific reform studied. |
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