(a) Uniform and Lower Tariffs  The government will implement uniform and lower tariffs, 

eliminating exonerations and exemptions to the fullest extent possible.

(b) Duty Relief Systems  CEPS will implement some refinements needed to perfect the duty

drawback system and other duty relief systems for intermediate inputs used in production

of exportable goods and services.

(c) Streamlining Customs Clearance Procedures  CEPS will streamline the customs

clearance procedures for imports and exports.

(d) Integration of VAT and Tariff Structure  CEPS and IRS will integrate the VAT and tariff

structures to promote uniformity of taxation, in order to eliminate unintended disparities

in effective protection across product lines.

5. The  Role of Government

Review of Government Support for Private Sector Activities  The public private partnership

will review the role of government in support of the private sector activities with the intent to

provide broad based and diffuse services rather than explicit or implicit sectoral or firm level

support (The Government will not  pick winners ).  These issues include:

(a) GIPC will further enhance its role as a  promoter of investment rather than a controller of

investment.

(b) GEPC will enhance its ability to deliver broad based promotion services .

(c) The Business Assistance Fund would be eliminated.

(d) Review of implicit or explicit prohibitions of exporting and importing in specific

commodities with a view of eliminating quotas and prohibitions.

(e) Overall review of government hassles that impede business formation, international trade

and the domestic movement of goods and services.

(f) Further Divestiture of State Owned Enterprises.

(g) Decentralization of Government.

6. Streamlining the Performance of Factor Markets (Labor, Land and Financial Sector)

(a) Labor Markets:  Undertake a Tripartite Review (Government, Labor Unions, Employers)

of Labor Market practices to increase labor market flexibility while providing adequate

worker protection with respect to work place safety, health and welfare, pension and

tenure benefits, and worker's rights to collective representation.

(b) Land markets: Review urban and rural land tenure practices to identify opportunities to

institute secure usufruct rights with full acknowledgment and respect of cultural land

tenure practices.

(c) Financial Engineering:  The Government would agree to consider the recommendations

of the financial sector working group.

B. Monitoring Policy Changes and Their Impacts

Official GOG documents, press releases and pronouncements will be used to monitor and

verify changes in government policies, although newspapers and other media will be reviewed

on a continuous basis to help determine when policy changes are made and to assure that the

public is being made aware of changes that are being contemplated and/or implemented. 

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