In response, the Horizons Program and the Population Council, in collaboration with the Municipal Secretariat of Health and the customs station in Foz do Iguaçu, the Paraná State Secretariat of Health, and the Uruguaiana Municipal STI/AIDS Program, conducted an intervention study from 2002 to 2005. The study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of providing a range of health serv...

To reduce cost and effort, e-government is trying to maximize the digital interaction with its citizens. E-customs is a carry-over of such an effort. Worldwide Customs is transforming from the labor intensive paper work it used to be for ages to e-customs, where international trade is facilitated fully exploiting the global digital infrastructure of the 21st Century. Service-Oriented Auditing (...

The creation of the Customs Union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in 2010 resulted in changes not only in trade between Member States but also with third countries. The introduction of a uniform tariff, a common customs code, standardization of health, veterinary and phytosanitary requirements as well as unification of quality standards in relation to goods imported from third countries ...

Measures to actively facilitate trade are increasingly seen as essential to assist developing countries in expanding trade and benefiting from globalisation. Although often viewed as narrowly concerned with the ease and speed of Customs procedures, even greater trade cost reductions and trade and welfare benefits may be reaped from a broader view of trade facilitation (TF) that incorporates tra...

From a labour-intensive and paper-based door-keeping function Customs control is aiming now towards international trade facilitation in a way that is both efficient and secure. Digitalization of documents and automation of processes plays an important role in this transition. However, the use of modern technology, in particular SOA, is not yet optimal. The research objective of this paper is to...