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  "title": "Customs Matters: Strengthening Customs Administration in a Changing World",
  "publication": "Books, June 15, 2022",
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  "summary": "Customs administrations around the world face new challenges: an increasing volume of international trade, a revolution in new technologies, and fundamental changes in business models.",
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      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- Customs administrations worldwide face new challenges: an increasing volume of international trade, a revolution in new technologies, and fundamental changes in business models.\n- The book analyzes the many changes and challenges customs administrations face and proposes ways to address them.\n- By offering a cross-sectional view of the main aspects of customs administration, the book guides policymakers and customs officials as they evaluate the current state of their customs system with a view to developing, reinforcing, or relaunching their own roadmaps for customs modernization."
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      "heading": "Major themes and analysis",
      "content": "- Drivers of change:\n  - Increasing volume of international trade.\n  - Revolution in new technologies.\n  - Fundamental changes in business models.\n- Objectives for customs administrations:\n  - Develop efficient, effective, fair, and modern customs administrations.\n  - Evaluate current customs systems and design or update roadmaps for customs modernization.\n- Cross-sectional approach:\n  - The book provides a cross-sectional view of the main aspects of customs administration to inform policy and operational decisions."
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      "content": "- Benefits of a well-performing customs administration are clear and central to the book’s arguments.\n- The book addresses both strategic and operational dimensions of customs modernization, emphasizing the need for comprehensive evaluation and tailored roadmaps.\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/books/issues/2022/06/15/customs-matters-strengthening-customs-administration-in-a-changing-world-512035"
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    "Authors: Tadatsugu Matsudaira, Gilles Montagnat-Rentier, Janos Nagy, R. James Clark",
    "Published: June 15, 2022",
    "Series: Books",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400200120.071",
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