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 …

, volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones and floods, making it one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. This report … country's current capacity to reduce and manage disaster risk; and identify options for more effective management of that risk …. The Philippine institutional arrangements and disaster management systems tend to rely on a response, or reactive approach …

This report provides a selected analysis of Vanuatu's economy and public finances, emphasizing the lens of disaster …

This report was undertaken in the wake of the Ketsana Disaster, to assess damage, losses, and resource requirements for …, disaster risk management requirements, and recovery and reconstruction requirements. The report concludes that the process of …, along with capacity building activities for both the line ministries and national and sub-national Committees for Disaster …

"Measured by the Gini coefficient, income inequality in Brazil rose from 0.57 in 1981 to 0.63 in 1989, before falling …

rural China. First, they assume nonfarm income as an exogenous transfer to total income to decompose the Gini index. Second …