various proxies, including indices based on expert judgment in some cases. This paper focuses on logistics friction and draws … on a data set recently compiled by the World Bank with specific quantitative metrics of logistics performance in terms of … time, cost, and variability in time. It finds that the new variables that relate directly to logistics performance have a …

Transport and logistics services in Myanmar have been substantially hit by the impacts of the February 2021 coup and … the surge in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Logistics companies have been affected by rising fuel prices … inland transport services. Transportation and logistics services are expected to be severely impacted by continuing high fuel …

communication technology and modern business logistics have created unprecedented business opportunities for the trade and transport …'s request, this study assesses Uruguay's potential as a logistics hub and as a regional distribution center. The competitiveness … of Uruguay's logistics system is assessed from an international perspective and policy recommendations towards further …

The objective of this policy note is: (i) assessing the current situation of the transport and logistics sector in …: (1) a diagnosis of transport and logistics; (2) opportunities and strategic priorities for the future; and (3) a … suggested action plan. This policy note deals with transport and logistics and provides key input to the Djibouti New Growth …

suggests that measures to improve logistics performance and facilitate trade are likely to have the greatest positive effects …

sample of African countries. The evidence suggests that the gains for African exporters from improving the trade logistics … logistics in Ethiopia half-way to the level in South Africa would be roughly equivalent to a 7.5 percent cut in tariffs faced by …