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Global logistics indicators, supply chain metrics, and bilateral trade patterns

Hausman, Warren H. - 2005

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 …

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Transport and Logistics : Myanmar Infrastructure Monitoring

World Bank - 2022

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 …

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Digital Identification Mexico

World Bank - 2022

Authorities in Mexico are seeking solutions to the complex task of improving efficiency in the financial and government sectors when identifying individuals and legal entities, while balancing other public-policy objectives, such as governance, technological neutrality, safety, privacy, and...

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Digital and Telecom : Myanmar Infrastructure Monitoring

World Bank - 2022

Myanmar has experienced a series of total and partial internet shutdowns since the military coup in February 2021. These restrictions have varied in intensity across the country and over time, ranging from the complete shutdown of all wireless broadband services and nightly shutdowns of fixed...

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Digital Hotspots

World Bank - 2023

Currently, about ten percent of the global population lives in economies affected by Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV). Climate change, rising inequality, demographic change, sovereign debt and other global trends render fragility increasingly more complex. In recent years, it has become...

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The Role of Digital in the COVID-19 Social Assistance Response

World Bank - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in vast numbers of people in need of social assistance, many of whom were not previously covered by social safety nets. To meet this unprecedented level of need, governments quickly scaled social assistance reaching over 1.7 billion people in low- and middle income...

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Madagascar Digital Economy Assessment

World Bank - 2019

Madagascar is an island nation located in the Indian Ocean off the south-eastern coast of Africa, and the fourth-largest island in the world. Despite the country's extensive economic opportunities and expansive natural resources, real GDP per capita is one of the lowest in the world. This...

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Fintech and the Digital Transformation of Financial Services : Implications for Market Structure and Public Policy

World Bank - 2022

This note examines the implications of digital innovation for market structure and attendant policies, including financial and competition regulation. There have been several surveys of regulatory responses. This note takes a step back, to look at what the economic theory of banking and...

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South Asia's Digital Economy : An Opportunity to Build Back Better, Digitally

World Bank - 2022

This report provides a region-wide analysis on the status of the digital economy in South Asia. It identifies opportunities and challenges for national and regional action to realize the transformational potential of digitalizing economies, societies, and governments. The report synthesizes and...

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LAC Digital Economy Country Diagnostic

World Bank - 2024

Ecuador ha avanzado de manera significativa en la adopción de tecnologías digitales en la última década. A pesar de estos avances, millones de ecuatorianos, especialmente aquellos que habitan en áreas rurales, siguen excluidos de la economía digital debido a las limitaciones de...

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