2010 World Bank Group Global Trade Logistics Report ranks Tunisia first in North Africa, 61 th worldwide
TUNISIAONLINENEWS- In report recently published by the World Bank Group on the capacity of countries to efficiently move goods and connect manufacturers and consumers with international markets, Tunisia is ranked respectively, first in North Africa, third in Africa and 61 th worldwide out of 155 countries.
The second edition of “Connecting to Compete: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy”, which was first published in 2007, is based on the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and its indicators, is a joint venture of the World Bank, its logistics providers and academic partners.
Tunisia comes ahead of Bulgaria (63), Jordan (81), Serbia (83), Egypt (92), and the Russian Federation (94). Other North African countries such as Algeria and Libya are respectively ranked 130 th and 132 nd. The UAE (24) comes first among Arab countries followed by Bahrain (32), Lebanon (33), Kuwait (36), Saudi Arabia (40), Qatar (55 ), and Oman (60).
The report, “Connecting to Compete 2010: trade Logistics in the Global Economy” is based on a comprehensive global survey of international freight forwarders and express carriers.
The report notes that “countries with significant improvement in performance between the two surveys (2007 and 2010) are often those which implemented comprehensive logistics and trade facilitation reforms earlier such as Columbia, Brazil and Tunisia”.
The World Bank Group has launched a number of projects designed to improve trade logistics in developing countries. “In Tunisia a US $ 250 million operation is improving competitiveness by reducing trade costs, and streamlining border clearance procedures”, writes the report.
In an optimistic assessment of current trends in trade logistics, Robert B Zoellick, the World Bank Group President said that “Economic competitiveness is relentlessly driving countries to strengthen performance, and improving trade logistics is a smart way to deliver goods more efficiencies, lower costs and added economic growth”.
The report ranks Germany as the world’s top performer, followed by Singapore and Sweden. Somalia ranks last (155).
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