Case+studies

Case studies summarize a country's experience with the implementation of specific or a set of reform activities. These experiences are a useful source of information as they show a practical application of concepts and provide information on successful best practices.

Six case stories were produced in the context of the development of the Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide (TFIG). They present the application of instruments and tools discussed in the TFIG. More case studies are produced by international organizations, such as the OECD and the World Bank. They describe trade facilitation activities in a broad sense.

TFIG Case Stories
Interagency Collaboration for Single Window Implementation: Thailand’s Experience A Road Toward Paperless Trade: Senegal’s Experience National Trade and Transport Facilitation Committee: Effective Mechanism for Implementing Trade Facilitation Measures in Pakistan Single Window Implementation: Mozambique's Experience Customs Modernization in Jordan Business Process Analysis in Cambodia

OECD Aid For Trade Case Studies
48 case stories under the trade facilitation theme were developed for the Aid For Trade Reporting. These case studies describe trade facilitation projects that take several forms: (i) integrated trade facilitation programmes spanning strategy and investments, sometime with a regional focus; (ii) Customs and logistics reform efforts; and (iii) corridor-focused programmes. Below is the list of cases studies published on the[| OECD website.](*)
 * ** CS Ref Number ** || ** Title ** || ** About ** ||
 * 3 || [|Mesoamerican integration and development project/International Network of Mesoamerican Highways] || Central America ||
 * 5 || [|EC Funded Project on ASYCUDA] || Monserrat ||
 * 6 || [|How to facilitate trade facilitation by implementing MNSW] || Mongolia ||
 * 7 || [|Strategic Trade Facilitation Action Plan for Nigeria] || Nigeria ||
 * 15 || [|Customs modernization and Trade Facilitation towards the SADC Customs Union Project] || Africa (Southern) ||
 * 16 || [|Exporta Facil] || South America ||
 * 34 || [|Assessing the effectiveness of AfT] || Global ||
 * 40 || [|L'élaboration du programme de l'APE pour le développement] || Africa (West) ||
 * 42 || [|Gap Analysis of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme] || Africa (West) ||
 * 43 || [|Construccion de la Politica Nacional de Logistica (PNL) como Instrumento para la Facilitacion del comercio exterior] || Ecuador ||
 * 49 || [|Negotiating the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite FTA] || Africa ||
 * 54 || [|Gender and Trade Mechanisms in East Africa: The Customs Union] || Africa (East) ||
 * 58 || [|SEZ's and its Impact on Women Workers in the Garment Manufacturing Industry in Andhra Pradesh] || India ||
 * 77 || [|AFT and export performance: a business perspective] || Uganda ||
 * 80 || [|Vers un agenda commun de l'Agriculture et de l'Aide pour le commerce pour la Gestion durable des Terres] . || Mali ||
 * 85 || [|AFT and Blended Finance] || Global ||
 * 94 || [|Improving the trade facilitation environment in Suriname] || Suriname ||
 * 104 || [|Econometric Evidence of the Effectiveness of Aid for Trade in Addressing Trade Binding Constraints in Africa] || Africa ||
 * 107 || [|Chirundu One Stop Border Post: a regional trade facilitation program] || Zimbabwe ||
 * 108 || [|El Proceso de Convergencia de los TLCs entre Mexico y Centroamerica par Establecer un Acuerdo Unico] || Central America ||
 * 114 || [|Agenda Nacional para la Competitividad] || Mexico ||
 * 120 || [|The Mesoamerica Project] || Latin America & Caribbean ||
 * 128 || [|WB - Trade Zones Ghana] || Ghana ||
 * 144 || [|Revamping the Regional Railway Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa] || Africa (Southern) ||
 * 145 || [|The COMESA-EAC-SADV Tripartite and Transport Facilitation Programme] || Africa ||
 * 148 || [|Establishing and Managing a Regional Aid for Trade Programme] || South Africa ||
 * 153 || [|Caribbean Aid for Trade and Regional Integration Trust Fund CARTFund] || Caribbean ||
 * 155 || [|Trade Development Facility] || Lao ||
 * 156 || [|FDI Attraction and Participation in Global Value Chains] || Costa Rica ||
 * 163 || [|Truck Movement without transshipment along EW corridor] || South East Asia ||
 * 164 || [|Cameroon Customs reform: "gazing into the mirror"] || Cameroon ||
 * 166 || [|Customs Reform and Trade Facilitation in Ethiopia Case Story] || Ethiopia ||
 * 171 || [|Aid for Trade Case Story on the Chirundu One Stop Border Post] || Zambia ||
 * 175 || [|USAID's Aid for Trade Programming: Regional Trade Facilitation implemented by the African Trade Hubs] || Africa ||
 * 186 || [|Three-Party South-South Cooperation: Using Senegalese Knowledge and Experience to Improve Trade Administration Systems in Central Asia] || Kyrgystan ||
 * 189 || [|Macedonia Case Story] || Macedonia (FYROM) ||
 * 206 || [|Presentation of the Representative of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan on implementation of the Aid for Trade initiative: “Road map for the SPECA countries”] || Kazakhstan ||
 * 224 || [|Experience CENS-SAD en matière d'aide au commerce] || Africa ||
 * 226 || [|Certificado Origen Digital] || Colombia ||
 * 230 || [|Asycuda World Implementation] || Dominica ||
 * 239 || [|The use of the WCO Time Release study to measure border performance in a landlocked developing country] || Uganda ||
 * 240 || [|IF web-based information system] || Maldives ||
 * 241 || [|EDGD trade and transport] || Asia ||
 * 246 || [|Projet d'automatisation du système douanier (Sydonia World)] || Haiti ||
 * 260 || [|Mongolia Customs Modernization Project] || Mongolia ||
 * 265 || [|Appui Institutionnel à l'Autorité de Coordination du Transport de Transit du Corridor Nord par la Banque Africaine de Développement] || Africa ||
 * 266 || [|Projet de stratégie régionale de mise en oeuvre du programme d'aide pour le commerce de l'UEMOA] || Africa ||
 * 267 || [|Improving Service Delivery and Reducing Clearing Times at Beitbridge Border Post] || Africa ||

Single Window Country Experiences
[|UNECE Repository on Single Window]

The Repository offers case studies from countries that have already operational, or soon to be operational, Single Windows. When it was launched in 2007, the Repository contained case studies from 12 countries. In 2009-2010, the majority of these studies were updated and also new studies have been added.

[|WCO National Single Window Experiences]

UNNExT Case Studies on Data Harmonization

 * [|Annex IV-1: Data Harmonization Example on ASEAN ATIGA Form D]
 * [|Annex IV-2: Country Case – Thai Data Harmonization Case]
 * [|Annex IV-3: Country Case – Korean Data Harmonization Case]

World Bank Doing Business
[|World Bank Doing Business Trading Across Border Case Studies] Korea Madagascar Pakistan Jordan Serbia

World Trade Organization Best Practices
These are presentations given during the WTO Trade Faciltiation Symposium, 8-9 November 2011, in Geneva. It includes best practices on transit, border agency cooperation, Advance Rulings, and Single Windows from various countries. The list of case studies can be found on the [|WTO website].

(*) OCED, "Aid For Trade at a Glance. Trade Facilitation", Available from http://www.oecd.org/document/3/0,3746,en_21571361_46750445_46837315_1_1_1_1,00.html (accessed June 2012)