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Is it Possible to Reform a Customs Administration? The Role of the Customs Elite on the Reform Process in Cameroon
Cantens, Thomas - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
An ethnographic approach is applied to Cameroon customs in order to explore the role and the capacity of the … whether Cameroon’s use of official customs data to evaluate individual performance can open up fissures among customs elites … political will to fight against corruption and the fact that the political authority has to keep a close eye on the customs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008738735
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Could a well-designed customs reforms remove the trade-off between revenue collection and trade facilitation?
Raballand, Gael; Marteau, Jean-François; Mjekiqi, Edmond; … - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2009
This paper is based on first-hand experience from Customs reforms in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) and presents unpublished … data on the impact of Customs reforms on revenues, trade facilitation, private sector operators and frontline Customs … officials behaviors in Africa. Customs agencies are usually one of the key revenue collection agencies in Africa. Customs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565002
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ASPECTS OF DECENTRALIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM
POPA, Florina - In: SEA - Practical Application of Science (2013) 1, pp. 126-133
Public administration reform as a response to the requirements of socio-economic environment change, is a process that develops both at central and local level, aiming to an institutional framework achievement, suitable for administrative and financial decentralization, under the European Union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079663
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ASPECTS OF DECENTRALIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM
POPA, Florina - In: CrossCultural Management Journal (2013) 27, pp. 126-133
Public administration reform as a response to the requirements of socio-economic environment change, is a process that develops both at central and local level, aiming to an institutional framework achievement, suitable for administrative and financial decentralization, under the European Union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700636
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Compliance Audit of Anti-Corruption Regulations: A Case Study from Carpatistan Customs
Michael, Bryane; Gubin, Alexey - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The principles and findings from internal government audits (aimed at generating recommendations to improve compliance with anti-corruption regulations) can greatly contribute to the wider anti-corruption literature. Internal audit techniques can overcome the weaknesses of the four predominant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261034
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Trade Facilitation Indicators: The Impact on Trade Costs
Moïsé, Evdokia; Orliac, Thomas; Minor, Peter - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2011
This report presents the findings of the OECD indicators for assessing the economic and trade impact of specific trade facilitation measures in OECD countries. Twelve trade facilitation indicators (TFIs) have been constructed, corresponding to the main policy areas under negotiation at the WTO,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275584
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Trade Facilitation Indicators: The Potential Impact of Trade Facilitation on Developing Countries' Trade
Moïsé, Evdokia; Sorescu, Silvia - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2013
This report presents the findings of the OECD indicators for assessing the impact of specific trade facilitation measures on developing countries’ trade. Sixteen trade facilitation indicators (TFIs) have been constructed, corresponding to the main policy areas under negotiation at the WTO,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277110
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The Transaction Costs Perspective on Costs And Benefits of Government Regulation
Butter, Frank A.G. den; Graaf, Marc de; Nijsen, André - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
This paper explores the feasibility to extend the Standard Cost Model (SCM) for calculating the costs of government regulation by taking all transaction costs into account which stem from the principal/agent relationship between regulatory authorities and economic entities. From that perspective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504925
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Intergovernmental grants and bureaucratic power
Dahlberg, Matz; Lundqvist, Heléne; Mörk, Eva - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2008
In their role as agenda setters and implementers of political decisions, bureaucrats potentially have the power to influence decisions in their own favor. It is however difficult to empirically test whether bureaucrats actually are involved in such actions. In this paper we suggest and apply a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423998
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Intergovernmental Grants and Bureaucratic Power
Dahlberg, Matz; Nilsson, Heléne Lundqvist; Mörk, Eva - CESifo - 2008
In their role as agenda setters and implementers of political decisions, bureaucrats potentially have the power to influence decisions in their own favor. It is however difficult to empirically test whether bureaucrats actually are involved in such actions. In this paper we suggest and apply a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406110