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Table of Contents
List of Figures.......................................................................................................................................III
List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................IV
List of Boxes........................................................................................................................................... V
List of Acronyms ............................................................................................................................... VII
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..........................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................3
1 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK.....................................................................................10
1.1 Custom transit regime concept and custom transit procedure..................................................10
1.2 Landlocked Countries Times and Transport Related Costs.........................................................11
1.3 Customs Transit Procedure .......................................................................................................................12
1.4 Theoretical Background ..............................................................................................................................15
1.5 CTR International Legal Framework .....................................................................................................17
1.6 The Convention on International Transport TIR..............................................................................23
1.7 Efficient CTR .....................................................................................................................................................25
1.8 Benefits of efficient CTRs ............................................................................................................................29
1.9 The role of transit facilitation in regional economic integration...............................................32
2 GLOBAL TRENDS AND GOOD PRACTICES FROM NON-OIC DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES ............................................................................................................................35
2.1 Global Trends in CTR ....................................................................................................................................35
2.2 Good Practices from 3 Regional Transit Systems.............................................................................51
3 ANALYSIS OF THE OIC MEMBER STATES RELATED TO CTR..........................81
3.1 Current status of the OIC Member States related the CTR ...........................................................81
3.2 Empirical Evidence ........................................................................................................................................94
4 OIC MEMBER STATES CASE STUDIES.................................................................. 127
4.1 CTR in the Kyrgyz Republic.....................................................................................................................127
4.2 CTR in the Republic of Senegal ..............................................................................................................145
4.3 Desk-based research of three OIC Member States ........................................................................159
4.4 Benchmark Analysis...................................................................................................................................184