on a data set recently compiled by the World Bank with specific quantitative metrics of logistics performance in terms of … various proxies, including indices based on expert judgment in some cases. This paper focuses on logistics friction and draws … 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 …

. The World Trade Organization's Hong Kong Ministerial had set out ambitious goals for services but the analysis here shows … that much remains to be done to achieve them. "--World Bank web site …

"The benefits of services trade reform are huge but services negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) are … source countries-to screen services providers, accept and facilitate their return, and combat illegal migration. "--World …

has been informed by work underway at the World Bank on trade facilitation over the past several years to catalogue data … provides insight into the type of new data that might be developed in the future. "--World Bank web site …