Trade+Transport+Facilitation+Assessment

**Overview**: The toolkit helps design plans of action to improve logistics performance among its three main dimensions: infrastructure, services, and procedures and processes. The assessment is designed to be implemented in two phases that are conducted over a period of several months by a group of mixed stakeholders. Phase 1 provides an understanding of the problems in infrastructure, regulations, transport and logistics services, and border procedures that affect trade competitiveness in the country or region. At the end of this phase a preliminary report identifies general bottlenecks. A concept note is prepared that provides the focus and organization for phase 2. Phase 2 provides further details about the problems identified during phase 1 and leads to elaboration of a plan of action that includes a series or project components.
 * Author:** The World Bank, International Trade Department and Transport Sector Unit
 * Publication date:** The new edition was published in 2010. It is an update of the original Trade and Transport Facilitation Audit (TTFA) developed in 2001.
 * Location:** The assessment guide is available on the World Bank site: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTTLF/Resources/Trade&Transport_Facilitation_Assessment_Practical_Toolkit.pdf
 * Purpose**: The trade and transport facilitation assessment is a practical tool to identify obstacles to the fluidity of trade supply chains.

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