Belarus : Enhancing Border-Crossing Time Release Studies to Support Trade Facilitation Reforms
Belarus is a member of Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), bordering three European Union (EU) countries (Poland,Lithuania and Latvia), Ukraine and Russia. As such, the country is strategically located for international transit trade. With the aim of b...
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okr-10986-275492021-05-25T09:01:19Z Belarus : Enhancing Border-Crossing Time Release Studies to Support Trade Facilitation Reforms Gabrielyan, Gagik Kerswell, Clayton Shemshenya, Irina Abrashkevich, Aliaksandr TRADE BUSINESS AGREEMENT GOVERNANCE IMPACT OPENNESS INSTITUTIONS Belarus is a member of Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), bordering three European Union (EU) countries (Poland,Lithuania and Latvia), Ukraine and Russia. As such, the country is strategically located for international transit trade. With the aim of boosting the country’s transit role, the government of Belarus is undertaking several infrastructure development projects and regulatory reforms aimed at trade facilitation. Government undertook a Two agencies at the border reform with the goal of reducing the number of agencies at the border to only two, namely Customs and the Border Police. Belarus’s efforts were supported by the World Bank Group (WBG), including the World Bank’s Transit Corridor Improvement Project (TCIP), which is financing the modernization of the transit Corridor-M6 Minsk-Grodno, and the Belarus Business Regulation and National Quality Infrastructure Advisory Project of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) with the aim of improving trade procedures. Border-crossing time release studies are powerful tools for analyzing trade logistics and measuring the performance of border agencies. Insights from a border-crossing study can help in designing and accelerating trade facilitation reforms. Preparing and carrying out an effective study is a challenging exercise in itself, as it involves sensitive data, and complex multi-agency and cross-country relationships. The border-crossing time release study for commercial cargo undertaken by the World Bank Group’s (WBG's) Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice team in Belarus in 2015 is an example that provides important lessons that may be useful for other countries. In this context, the border crossing time release study (BCTR study) was designed by the two WBG project teams, and implemented in close cooperation with the State Customs Committee of Belarus. 2017-07-12T22:10:58Z 2017-07-12T22:10:58Z 2017-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/462081496826083840/Belarus-enhancing-border-crossing-time-release-studies-to-support-trade-facilitation-reforms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27549 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Belarus |
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TRADE BUSINESS AGREEMENT GOVERNANCE IMPACT OPENNESS INSTITUTIONS Gabrielyan, Gagik Kerswell, Clayton Shemshenya, Irina Abrashkevich, Aliaksandr Belarus : Enhancing Border-Crossing Time Release Studies to Support Trade Facilitation Reforms |
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Belarus is a member of Eurasian Economic
Union (EEU), bordering three European Union (EU) countries
(Poland,Lithuania and Latvia), Ukraine and Russia. As such,
the country is strategically located for international
transit trade. With the aim of boosting the country’s
transit role, the government of Belarus is undertaking
several infrastructure development projects and regulatory
reforms aimed at trade facilitation. Government undertook a
Two agencies at the border reform with the goal of reducing
the number of agencies at the border to only two, namely
Customs and the Border Police. Belarus’s efforts were
supported by the World Bank Group (WBG), including the World
Bank’s Transit Corridor Improvement Project (TCIP), which is
financing the modernization of the transit Corridor-M6
Minsk-Grodno, and the Belarus Business Regulation and
National Quality Infrastructure Advisory Project of the
International Finance Corporation (IFC) with the aim of
improving trade procedures. Border-crossing time release
studies are powerful tools for analyzing trade logistics and
measuring the performance of border agencies. Insights from
a border-crossing study can help in designing and
accelerating trade facilitation reforms. Preparing and
carrying out an effective study is a challenging exercise in
itself, as it involves sensitive data, and complex
multi-agency and cross-country relationships. The
border-crossing time release study for commercial cargo
undertaken by the World Bank Group’s (WBG's) Trade and
Competitiveness Global Practice team in Belarus in 2015 is
an example that provides important lessons that may be
useful for other countries. In this context, the border
crossing time release study (BCTR study) was designed by the
two WBG project teams, and implemented in close cooperation
with the State Customs Committee of Belarus. |
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Gabrielyan, Gagik Kerswell, Clayton Shemshenya, Irina Abrashkevich, Aliaksandr |
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Gabrielyan, Gagik Kerswell, Clayton Shemshenya, Irina Abrashkevich, Aliaksandr |
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Gabrielyan, Gagik |
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Belarus : Enhancing Border-Crossing Time Release Studies to Support Trade Facilitation Reforms |
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Belarus : Enhancing Border-Crossing Time Release Studies to Support Trade Facilitation Reforms |
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Belarus : Enhancing Border-Crossing Time Release Studies to Support Trade Facilitation Reforms |
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Belarus : Enhancing Border-Crossing Time Release Studies to Support Trade Facilitation Reforms |
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Belarus : Enhancing Border-Crossing Time Release Studies to Support Trade Facilitation Reforms |
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belarus : enhancing border-crossing time release studies to support trade facilitation reforms |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/462081496826083840/Belarus-enhancing-border-crossing-time-release-studies-to-support-trade-facilitation-reforms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27549 |
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