Customs modernization handbook / editors, Luc de Wulf and José B. Sokol.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Cross-cutting issues -- 1. Strategy for customs modernization / Luc De Wulf -- 2. Human resources and organizational issues in customs / Luc De Wulf -- 3. Legal framework for customs operations and enforcement issues / Kunio Mikuriya -- 4. Integrity in customs / Gerard McLinden -- 5. Managing risk in the customs context / David Widdowson -- Part II: Lessons from a select set of customs reform initiatives -- 6. Policy and operational lessons learned from eight country case studies / Paul Duran and Jose B. Sokol -- 7. Two decades of World Bank lending for customs reform : trends in project design, project implementation, and lessons learned / Michael Engelschalk and Tuan Minh Le -- Part III: Guidelines on issues that affect customs' operational trade facilitation -- 8. Customs valuation in developing countries and the World Trade Organization valuation rules / Adrien Goorman and Luc De Wulf -- 9. Rules of origin, trade, and customs / Paul Brenton and Hiroshi Imagawa -- 10. Duty relief and exemption control / Adrien Goorman -- 11. Transit and the special case of landlocked countries / Jean Francois Arvis -- 12. The role of customs in cargo security / Luc De Wulf and Omer Matityahu -- 13. The role of information technology in customs modernization / Luc De Wulf and Gerard McLinden.