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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Main Authors:	Fernandes, Ana M., Hillberry, Russell, Mendoza Alcantara, Alejandra
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	IMPACT EVALUATION TRADE FACILITATION CUSTOMS RISK MANAGEMENT SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY RULES BORDER MANAGEMENT LOGISTICS
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

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spelling	okr-10986-284532021-06-08T14:42:45Z An Evaluation of Border Management Reforms in a Technical Agency Fernandes, Ana M. Hillberry, Russell Mendoza Alcantara, Alejandra IMPACT EVALUATION TRADE FACILITATION CUSTOMS RISK MANAGEMENT SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY RULES BORDER MANAGEMENT LOGISTICS 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. 2017-10-05T17:08:19Z 2017-10-05T17:08:19Z 2017-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/838181506955665145/An-evaluation-of-border-management-reforms-in-a-technical-agency http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28453 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8208 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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spellingShingle	IMPACT EVALUATION TRADE FACILITATION CUSTOMS RISK MANAGEMENT SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY RULES BORDER MANAGEMENT LOGISTICS Fernandes, Ana M. Hillberry, Russell Mendoza Alcantara, Alejandra An Evaluation of Border Management Reforms in a Technical Agency
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description	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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author	Fernandes, Ana M. Hillberry, Russell Mendoza Alcantara, Alejandra
author_facet	Fernandes, Ana M. Hillberry, Russell Mendoza Alcantara, Alejandra
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title	An Evaluation of Border Management Reforms in a Technical Agency
title_short	An Evaluation of Border Management Reforms in a Technical Agency
title_full	An Evaluation of Border Management Reforms in a Technical Agency
title_fullStr	An Evaluation of Border Management Reforms in a Technical Agency
title_full_unstemmed	An Evaluation of Border Management Reforms in a Technical Agency
title_sort	evaluation of border management reforms in a technical agency
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/838181506955665145/An-evaluation-of-border-management-reforms-in-a-technical-agency http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28453
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An Evaluation of Border Management Reforms in a Technical Agency

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