In African countries, multiple road blocks cause significant delays and offer rent seeking opportunities18. Until recently institutional, regulatory and procedural measures, generally grouped under the label of trade facilitation used to receive less attention in assistance projects than infrastructure. Aid for trade facilitation represented only 0.46% of total disbursements in 2009, or 0.48% of total disbursements on average during 2006-09 (OECD Aid for Trade at a Glance, 2011).