the world bank contribution to almaty poa the almaty programme of action

The World Bank contribution to The World Bank contribution to Almaty POAAlmaty POA

The Almaty Programme of Action.

World Bank POA Activities

1. Projects (IBRD-IDA) portfolio2. Technical assistance: the TFF, partnerships3. Knowledge production and dissemination=> Key findings and lessons for the Almaty POA.

Part of a broader agenda in Trade Facilitation and Logistics (TFL)

About 8% of our project are TFL One of our very few themes with a cross sector

Global Expert Team (GET-TFL) Component of broader concerns, also relevant to

Almaty: integration and competitiveness, food security, fragile states, environment

1 Projects Portfolio

Portfolio of Almaty related projects

Portfolio of Almaty related projects (number of projects)

By region (2003-2012) IBRD-IDALending Projects

AFR 45% 64EAP 7% 14ECA 44% 35LCR 1% 1SAR 4% 9

Projects typology

Specific road or rail corridor Regional integration, connectivity National capacity e.g. customs and border

management. Agro supply chains

Key active projects

CEMAC TTF (Douala Corridor) West Africa (Tema Ouaga) North-South Corridor Africa Central Corridor East Africa Afghanistan (new tranche customs support), and Pakistan

(national corridor) Kazakhstan (Western corridor, customs support) Silk road countries (connectivity project) Nepal India project (in preparation).

Not just infrastructure: Project Design & linkages

The objective of improving service delivery for traders implies to combine:

• Investment in infrastructure.• Institutional capacity building• Regulatory reforms

=> Combine and balance support to investment and TA-CB

2 Technical Assistance

What is the Trade Facilitation Facility (TFF)

Multi-donor trust fund ~ 40MUSD

Managed by the World Bank

Support concrete improvements in TF systems

Help reduce developing countries’ trade costs

Emphasis on Africa/low-income countries

TRADE TRADE FACILITATIONFACILITATION

FACILITYFACILITY

Beneficiary ownership: request from countries REC

Focus AreasBorder Border

managementmanagementImprovement in border management in a broad sense: integration of customs, product standards, tax, rules of origin, etc.

TradeTradeInfrastructureInfrastructure

Improvement in the management of key trade related infrastructure, especially gateways and multimodal facilities

LogisticsLogisticsservicesservices

Improvement of the quality/professionalism of private logistics services, through technical/economic regulation and capacity building

RegionalRegional Regional trade facilitation including transit systems

IndicatorsIndicators Performance monitoring and indicators: e.g., data on time, cost, and reliability along corridors

Action planAction plan Development and implementation of comprehensive action plan addressing all of the above

Examples of TA relevant to Almaty Performance management in customs (Cameroon,

Togo) Trade Facilitation CEMAC (improvement of transit

regime on Douala corridor) Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) in West Africa DRC TTF TA Support to SACU SSATP; Eastern and Southern Africa corridor study

Examples of TA (2)

Hidrovia Central America TTF Central Asia: TTFA and performance

measurements GMS (corridor performance), Vietnam TTF In preparation, South Asia (Nepal, India,

Bangladesh), UEMOA

3 Knowledge Production and dissemination

Some recent knowledge contributions

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Soon:Corridor Management toolkit

Data

LPI May 2012 Regional briefs, LLDCs findings available

Trade costs dataset (WB+UNESCAP), LLDC findings available

Others: Doing business (e.g. cost of starting a business) ICAs

Other knowledge relevant to POA

Border Management Handbook Freight Transport ToolkitPlus Trucking services agreements database Port performance and revision of “TRS” Revision of the compendium of SSA legal instruments Research Dpt (DEC) outputs: Trade costs, services,

impact of A4T…

=> Key findings and lessons for the Almaty POA

What are the lessons for Transit Corridors and Almaty POA?

Not a lack of: Infrastructure (road, borders, IT…) Legal framework

… which are the traditional areas of focus. But lack of implementation mechanism for transit,

dysfunctional markets for logistics services, and governance.

The potential for trade cost reduction is… in two key policy areas:

Transit systems and processes to move goods on corridors: simplify processes, ensure effective implementation mechanisms, and reduce multiple clearance, differentiated treatment of operators

Logistics Services market: Align incentives for efficient transport and transit operations, liberalization and competition, phase out anti-competitive practices such as cartels and queuing system wherever possible.

=> Reforms and implementation implies TA activities both at the regional (sub-regional RECs) and the national level.