The work that this book draws on was prepared under the aegis of the OECD Trade Committee and its Working Party. Countries covered in the Trade Facilitation Indicators (TFI) database contributed significantly through their verification of the data and by discussions of the underlying work synthesised in this book. The assistance of the express and logistics industries in providing factual information on implementation of trade facilitation on the ground is gratefully acknowledged. The assistance of the Costa Rican and Swiss authorities in exploring success factors and challenges of border agency co‐operation is gratefully acknowleged. The assistance of the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-American Network of International Trade Single Windows, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum and the US-ASEAN Connectivity through Trade and Investment in exploring success factors and challenges of Single Windows is gratefully acknowleged.
The book was prepared by Evdokia Moise, Silvia Sorescu, Dorothee Flaig, Emanuele Mazzini, Tom Butterly, Florian Le Bris and Clarisse Legendre, under the supervision of Julia Nielson. Jackie Maher provided assistance in formatting the book and Michèle Patterson supervised the publication process. The authors would like to thank Ken Ash, Carmel Cahill, Steve Pope and Cezary Sowinski for useful comments and suggestions.