Logistics and Freight Services : Policies to Facilitate Trade
The disruption to logistics and freight networks endangers trade and distribution of essential goods to combat the crisis and foster the recovery. Governments should work in coordination with logistics and retail industry, with a view to ensure con...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/415841588657355986/Logistics-and-Freight-Services-Policies-to-Facilitate-Trade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33719 |
| Summary: | The disruption to logistics and freight
networks endangers trade and distribution of essential goods
to combat the crisis and foster the recovery. Governments
should work in coordination with logistics and retail
industry, with a view to ensure continuity of shipping, air,
trucking, and warehousing capacities at critical gateways
and hubs and along trade corridors. The short-term response
by governments and the private sector must go beyond
addressing the immediate crisis and draw out the path
towards economic resilience of the sector. Countries should
also coordinate with key trading partners at the
sub-regional or international level on policies such as
increased e-services at ports and green express lanes for
truckers. Countries should not install additional controls
on transit commerce. Instead, border control and inspections
should be streamlined and harmonized, based on international
standards. To manage and ensure functioning of essential
transport services, firms can use fewer workers and follow
social distancing and other good health practices. |
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