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Fighting Corruption in Customs Administration: What Can we Learn from Recent Experiences?

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In many developing countries, customs efficiency is hampered by widespread corruption. This creates a major disincentive and obstacle to trade expansion. It also leads to disastrous consequences in terms of national security and public finance.This OECD Development Centre Technical Paper examines the nature of customs corruption and suggests some practical paths to integrity. It is based on fact-finding studies of recent experience of customs reform in Bolivia, Pakistan and the Philippines. These studies were entrusted to experts, especially qualified, by personal, inside experience, to identify, describe and evaluate the problems and developments in each of the relevant customs services. They provide a detailed, objective and intimate account of the character of corruption practices, the forces at work for and against reform and the outcome in each of the three countries. Based on the analysis of the serious setbacks in Bolivia and Pakistan and relative success in the Philippines ... Dans de nombreux pays en développement, l'efficacité de l'administration des douanes est mise à mal par la corruption endémique. Cette situation est un obstacle à l'expansion des échanges commerciaux. Elle a aussi des conséquences désastreuses pour la sécurité nationale et les finances publiques.Ce Document technique du Centre de Développement de l'OCDE analyse la nature de la corruption dans les douanes et propose quelques solutions concrètes pour améliorer l'intégrité. Il s'appuie sur l'examen des récentes réformes de l'administration des douanes engagées en Bolivie, au Pakistan et aux Philippines. Ces études de terrain ont été confiées à des spécialistes de la question, particulièrement qualifiés de par leur expérience personnelle, " de l'intérieur ", pour identifier, décrire et évaluer les problèmes inhérents au service des douanes considéré, et leur évolution. Ces études rendent compte en détails et en profondeur, des pratiques de corruption, des rapports de forces hostiles ou ...

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  • Irène Hors, 2001. "Fighting Corruption in Customs Administration: What Can we Learn from Recent Experiences?," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 175, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:devaaa:175-en
    DOI: 10.1787/023783627741
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    1. Anne-Marie GEOURJON & Bertrand LAPORTE, 2004. "Risk Management for Targeting Customs Controls in Developing Countries: A Risky Venture for Revenue Performance?," Working Papers 200416, CERDI.
    2. Aaronson, Susan & Abouharb, M. Rodwan, 2011. "Does the WTO Help Member States Clean Up?," Papers 268, World Trade Institute.
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    9. Raballand, Gael & Marteau, Jean-François & Mjekiqi, Edmond & Cantens, Thomas, 2009. "Could a well-designed customs reforms remove the trade-off between revenue collection and trade facilitation?," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Frankfurt a.M. 2009 28, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
    10. Kenneth Abante, 2019. "Minimizing Smuggling and Restoring Public Trust in the Philippine Bureau of Customs," CID Working Papers 113a, Center for International Development at Harvard University.

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