Partnership to Strengthen Partnership to Strengthen Reform: How Do They Work? Reform: How Do They Work? Dominique Njinkeu, Dominique Njinkeu, Lead Trade Facilitation Lead Trade Facilitation Specialist, TFF Program Specialist, TFF Program coordinator coordinator Symposium on WTO Trade Symposium on WTO Trade Facilitation for African Facilitation for African Countries Countries Nairobi, November 13-15, 2012 Nairobi, November 13-15, 2012
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Partnership to Strengthen Reform: How Partnership to Strengthen Reform: How Do They Work?Do They Work?
Dominique Njinkeu, Dominique Njinkeu, Lead Trade Facilitation Specialist, Lead Trade Facilitation Specialist,
TFF Program coordinatorTFF Program coordinator
Symposium on WTO Trade Facilitation for Symposium on WTO Trade Facilitation for African CountriesAfrican Countries
Nairobi, November 13-15, 2012Nairobi, November 13-15, 2012
OutlineOutline
I. IntroductionI. Introduction
II. Trade Facilitation in the World Bank: II. Trade Facilitation in the World Bank: Focus on the TFFFocus on the TFF
III. Partnership approaches to Trade III. Partnership approaches to Trade FacilitationFacilitation
Partnership to Balance Partnership to Balance “Soft” and “Soft” and “Hard” infrastructure“Hard” infrastructure
Addressing both hard and soft Addressing both hard and soft infrastructure issues is importantinfrastructure issues is important
Near consensus on challengesNear consensus on challenges Different views about prioritizationDifferent views about prioritization Against widely held view hard Against widely held view hard
infrastructure cost represents infrastructure cost represents a small part of total logistics a small part of total logistics costscosts
Partnership to work on the Partnership to work on the corridorcorridor
• The Transport corridors link a The Transport corridors link a gateway to an inland gateway to an inland terminal:terminal:– Physical infrastructure (ports, Physical infrastructure (ports,
– Coordination of the role Coordination of the role of the various agencies of the various agencies and operatorsand operators
Partnership for simplification prior Partnership for simplification prior to automationto automation
• Audit of trade procedures of various Audit of trade procedures of various agencies : inter-ministerial coordinationagencies : inter-ministerial coordination
• Change in legal and regulatory textsChange in legal and regulatory texts
• Payment regimePayment regime
Partnership to enhance Partnership to enhance efficiency of the transit regimeefficiency of the transit regime
• Current status :Current status :– Several layers of control Several layers of control
(mutual acceptance of (mutual acceptance of guarantees and guarantees and interoperability of bonds, interoperability of bonds, release conditions)release conditions)
– ICT infrastructure ICT infrastructure (Connection of Customs)(Connection of Customs)
• Within countryWithin country– HQ to bordersHQ to borders
• Between countriesBetween countries– Border to adjacent Border to adjacent
borderborder– HQ to HQHQ to HQ
Strategic Partnerships:Strategic Partnerships:
1.1.Mainstreaming trade facilitation in trade policymaking : links to Mainstreaming trade facilitation in trade policymaking : links to the EIFthe EIF
2.2.Supporting WTO negotiations: Annex D needs assessmentSupporting WTO negotiations: Annex D needs assessment
3.3.Trade Facilitation to boost trade. Trade Facilitation to boost trade. working across sectors, working across sectors, ministries (e.g. agriculture)ministries (e.g. agriculture)
5.5.RECs and JSSO (ADB, UNECA, AUC)RECs and JSSO (ADB, UNECA, AUC)
Concluding remarksConcluding remarks
No Sector in the Bank, no agency at No Sector in the Bank, no agency at the national or regional level, no the national or regional level, no donor, working in isolation can make donor, working in isolation can make a differencea difference
Partner, Partner, Partner Partner, Partner, Partner or no Result.or no Result.