Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment

A WORLD BANK STUDY
Trade and Transport
Facilitation Assessment
A PRACTICAL TOOLKIT FOR
COUNTRY IMPLEMENTATION



WORLD BANK STUDY
Trade and Transport
Facilitation Assessment
A Practical Toolkit for Country Implementation



























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Contents
Foreword .................................................................................................................................... vi
Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................ viii
Acronyms and Abbreviations ................................................................................................ ix
1. What Is the Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment Toolkit? ............................ 1
Why Conduct a TTFA? ....................................................................................................... 1
What’s New in the 2010 Toolkit? ...................................................................................... 2
Guide to the Toolkit ............................................................................................................ 3
2. Conceptual Framework ........................................................................................................ 4
Defining the Objectives of the Assessment ..................................................................... 4
Scope of the Assessment: One or Two Phases? ............................................................... 7
3. Overview of the Assessment’s Analytical Structure and Key Transactions in
the Trade Supply Chain .................................................................................................. 10
Phase 1 ................................................................................................................................ 11
Phase 2 ......... 12
Conducting the Assessment ............................................................................................ 14
4. Issues and Examples in Conducting a Trade and Transport Facilitation
Assessment ........................................................................................................................ 34
Levels of Government Participation in Implementing Recommendations ............... 34
Appendixes........... 41
Appendix A. Transactions ............................................................................................... 42
Appendix B. Potential Project Components .................................................................. 43
Appendix C. Report Outlines .......................................................................................... 54
Appendix D. Mapping Policy Areas with Respondents .............................................. 63
Appendix E. Phase 1 Desk Research .............................................................................. 65
Appendix F. Phase 1—Meetings ..................................................................................... 70
Appendix G. Phase 2—Selection of Supply Chains and Interview Guide
Checklists .................................................................................................................... 72
Appendix H. Sample Terms of Reference for Members of Assessment Team ......... 75
Appendix I. Logistics Glossary ....................................................................................... 80
Appendix J. Selection Frame Components .................................................................... 82
Appendix K. Analytical Components in Technical Studies ........................................ 86
References and Bibliography ................................................................................................ 88
References .......................................................................................................................... 88
Bibliography ...................................................................................................................... 89
Webography ...................................................................................................................... 93

iii iv Contents
Tables
Table 2.1. Distinct Characteristics of Assessment Phases I and II ....................................... 8
Table 3.1. Number of Meetings in Phase 1 ........................................................................... 18
Table 3.2. Personnel Budget—Phase 1 (person days) ......................................................... 20
Table 3.3. Sample List of Interviews ..................................................................................... 23
Table 3.4. Pers—Phase 2 (person days23
Table 3.5. Sample Process of Adding Items to the Interview Checklist ........................... 24
Table 3.6. Pairing Interviews for a Trade ............................................................................. 26
Table 3.7. Intensity of Identified Impediments by Policy Areas (number of
respondents) ..................................................................................................................... 28
Table 3.8. Sample of Project Components to Improve Trade and Logistics
Identified in the Assessment .......................................................................................... 29
Table A.1. Transactions in a Typical Supply Chain ............................................................ 42
Table B.1. Mapping Policy Areas to Project Components and Activities ........................ 43
Table B.2. Mapping Policy Areas to Project Components and Private Sector
Participants ....................................................................................................................... 46
Table B.3. Mapping Polioject Components and Public Sector
Par..... 51
Table C.1. Policy Areas and Issues with Project Components and Remedies, per
Outline Topic .................................................................................................................... 57
Table D.1. Policy Areas and Respondents Affected ............................................................ 63
Table D.2. Poeas and Related Topics ........................................................................ 64
Table E.1. Research Sources ................................................................................................... 68
Table E.2. Commonly Available Data for Transport-Related Infrastructure and
Facilities ............................................................................................................................. 69
Table G.1. Trade Categories—Phase 2 .................................................................................. 72
Table G.2. Questions for Selection of a Supply Chain ........................................