02719cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF019174 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498305617 2075-8669 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Montagnat-Rentier, Gilles. Revenue Administration : Short-Term Measures to Increase Customs Revenue in Low-Income and Fragile Countries / Gilles Montagnat-Rentier. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (24 pages) Technical Notes and Manuals <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This note discusses administrative measures that can be implemented by customs administrations of low-income and fragile countries in a short period (about a year) to improve traders' compliance and improve revenue collection. These suggested actions have been identified based on the experience acquired through the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Fiscal Affairs Department's (FAD) technical assistance (TA), particularly the findings and recommendations of TA missions to sub-Saharan African countries. Strengthening low-capacity customs administrations requires structural reforms to support the effective implementation of defined strategies. Developing core operational functions such as risk management, audit, investigation and intelligence are good examples of such reforms. Modernizing human resource management policies or achieving a fully automated environment in a customs administration are longer-term reform projects. Long-term reforms are not addressed here. The note focuses on targeted actions with a potential to increase trade revenue in the short term, and which can be taken without mobilizing large resources or engaging in a broad reorganization. It is hoped that the suggestions in this note will help stakeholders, including country authorities, customs management, donors and TA partners, area departments of the IMF, FAD, and the IMF regional TA centers, identify, design, and implement short-term changes in customs administrations. If implemented effectively, these changes should contribute to a noticeable improvement of revenue performance. Mode of access: Internet Technical Notes and Manuals; Technical Notes and Manuals ; No. 2019/001 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/005/2019/001/005.2019.issue-001-en.xml IMF e-Library