Posts as Trade Facilitators

Policy and performance in customs: Evaluating the trade facilitation agreement

“…Other studies use the data to better understand links between trading time and trade volumes. Contributions to this literature include Carballo, Schaur, Graziano, and Martincus (, ), Carballo, Schaur, and Martincus (, ), Fernandes, Hillberry, and Alcantara (), Fernandes, Hillberry, and Berg (), and Martincus, Carballo, and Graziano (). This is a very interesting literature, but the results of any one study are highly contextual, depending on the specific circumstances of the country or countries of study and the specific nature of the reform.…”

Borders without Barriers:

“…Taking all of these results together, the emerging evidence suggests that trade facilitation is indeed a "good deal" for developing economies (Box 2.4). 3 Some of the other papers using transaction-level data from Latin America are (i) Carballo et al (2016a), who look at border-crossing times using transaction data from Uruguay and move beyond customs to also consider port procedures and storage; and (ii) Carballo et al (2016c), who look at the role of postal shipments in facilitating trade, using transaction-level data from Peru. Box 2.4: Is Trade Facilitation a "Good Deal" for Developing Economies?…”

An Evaluation of Border Management Reforms in a Technical Agency

“…Data available at http://www.oecd.org/dac/aft/Aid%20for%20Trade%20facilitation%20database%202%200.pdf 2 See Fernandes et al (2015), Fernandes et al (2016), Carballo et al (2016b) and Carballo et al (2016d). Carballo et al (2016c) looks at the effects of postal trade reform using customs data, while Carballo el al. (2016a) investigate a multi-agency reform using customs data.…”