Documents & Reports
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Taxation and Customs Reforms in Fragile States : Between Bargaining and Enforcement (English)
This paper explores why taxation reforms are so different in fragile states, the conditions in which they occur, and what can be done to make these reforms more successful - including contributing, whenever...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 173461 Document Date: April 30, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cantens,Thomas,Raballand,Gael J. R. F.
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Customs, brokers, and informal sectors : a Cameroon case study (English)
Based on extensive interviews with informal importers and brokers in Cameroon, this paper explains why customs reform aimed at reducing fraud and corruption may be difficult to achieve. Informal traders...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6788 Document Date: February 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cantens,Thomas,Kaminski,Jonathan,Raballand,Gael J. R. F.,Tchouawou,Tchapa
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Reform by numbers : measurement applied to customs and tax administrations in developing countries (English)
This paper is organized as follows. In chapter two, Samson Bilangna and Marcellin Djeuwo from the Cameroon customs administration present the history and the outcomes of the performance measurement policy...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 73516 Document Date: October 31, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cantens,Thomas,Ireland, Robert,Raballand,Gael J. R. F.
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Why Does cargo spend weeks in African ports ? the case of Douala, Cameroon (English)
This paper investigates the main factors explaining long container dwell times in African Ports. Using original and extensive data on container imports in the Port of Douala, it seeks to provide a basic...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5565 Document Date: February 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cantens,Thomas,Refas,Salim
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Reforming African customs : the results of the Cameroonian performance contract pilot : Reforme des douanes africaines : les resultats des contrats de performance au Cameroun (French)
A fundamental problem facing attempts to facilitate international trade in Sub-Saharan Africa is the inefficient and sometimes corrupt state of customs agencies. Fraud, corruption, and other bad practices...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 60114 Document Date: January 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cantens,Thomas,Raballand,Gael J. R. F.,Strychacz,Nicholas Graham Reiss,Tchouawou, Tchapa
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Reforming African customs : the results of the Cameroonian performance contract pilot (English)
A fundamental problem facing attempts to facilitate international trade in Sub-Saharan Africa is the inefficient and sometimes corrupt state of customs agencies. Fraud, corruption, and other bad practices...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 60114 Document Date: January 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cantens,Thomas,Raballand,Gael J. R. F.,Strychacz,Nicholas Graham Reiss,Tchouawou, Tchapa