Title:

Trade Efficiency Project: Recommendations

Code:

TRAD/c99/3

Supervisor:

Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform – Ministry of Economy and Trade – World Bank

Author:

Paul Kimberley and Associates

Page Numbers:

137

Summary:

Executive Summary Acronyms Used During the Project Useful Web Site 1. Introduction 1.1. This Report 1.2. Style 1.3. Objectives 1.4. Contents 2. Preamble 2.1. The Hygiene Factor 2.2. Acknowledgements 3. Background 3.1. Introduction to Lebanese Trade Processes 1998 3.2. The Players in the Lebanese Trade Process 3.3. Overview of the Lebanese Trade Process 3.4. Process Summary 3.5. Technical Controls 3.6. Delays: Some Explanations 3.7. Costs Summaries 3.8. Delays 3.9. Conclusion: Gaps, Barriers and Redundancies 4. Principles and Requirements of Redesign 4.1. Specific Objectives 4.2. Choices 4.3. Specific Problems to be Solved 4.4. What can we build on? 4.5. Principles of Systems Redesign 4.6. Fundamental Techniques to be Used 5. Overview of Recommendations 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Sequence of Events in Reengineered Process 6. State of Readiness 6.1. Selecting Foreign EC/ EDI Trading Partners 6.2. Selecting Lebanese EC/ EDI Trading Partners 6.3. Pioneers 7. Detailed Recommendations 7.1.The Lebanese Trader 7.2.Trade Professionals 7.3. Customs 7.4. The Port, Harbor and Container Handlers 7.5.Technical Controls 7.6.The Implementation Authority 8. Libanfac 8.1. Organisation 8.2. Special Interest Groups (SIG) 8.3. Other Industry User Groups 9. International Best Practice 9.1. Large Open Economies 9.2. Smaller Open Economies 9.3. Managed Economies 9.4. Model or Emulate? 9.5. Motivation 10. The Business Case 10.1.TIS Costs 10.2.TIS Revenues Potential 10.3.TIS Summary 10.4. Libanfac Revenue Potential 10.5. Libanfac Summary 10.6. Business Planning 11. Project Planning 11.1. Assumptions 11.2.TIS Project 11.3.Trade Process Project 12. Summary 13. Epilogue 14. Appendix

Year:

1999

Sub-Sector:

Trade

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