Logistics and Freight Services : Policies to Facilitate Trade

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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Main Authors: Rastogi, Cordula, Arvis, Jean-Francois
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2020
Subjects:
LOGISTICS
FREIGHT SERVICES
SERVICES TRADE
TRADE FACILITATION
SUPPLY CHAINS
AIR CARGO SERVICE
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
AIR CONNECTIVITY
SHIPPING INDUSTRY
MARITIME TRADE
PORT SERVICES
TRADE CORRIDOR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/415841588657355986/Logistics-and-Freight-Services-Policies-to-Facilitate-Trade
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33719
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spelling okr-10986-337192021-09-16T18:17:20Z Logistics and Freight Services : Policies to Facilitate Trade Rastogi, Cordula Arvis, Jean-Francois LOGISTICS FREIGHT SERVICES SERVICES TRADE TRADE FACILITATION SUPPLY CHAINS AIR CARGO SERVICE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE AIR CONNECTIVITY SHIPPING INDUSTRY MARITIME TRADE PORT SERVICES TRADE CORRIDOR 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. 2020-05-08T14:09:04Z 2020-05-08T14:09:04Z 2020-05-04 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/415841588657355986/Logistics-and-Freight-Services-Policies-to-Facilitate-Trade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33719 English Trade and COVID-19 Guidance Note; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
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topic LOGISTICS
FREIGHT SERVICES
SERVICES TRADE
TRADE FACILITATION
SUPPLY CHAINS
AIR CARGO SERVICE
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
AIR CONNECTIVITY
SHIPPING INDUSTRY
MARITIME TRADE
PORT SERVICES
TRADE CORRIDOR
spellingShingle LOGISTICS
FREIGHT SERVICES
SERVICES TRADE
TRADE FACILITATION
SUPPLY CHAINS
AIR CARGO SERVICE
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
AIR CONNECTIVITY
SHIPPING INDUSTRY
MARITIME TRADE
PORT SERVICES
TRADE CORRIDOR
Rastogi, Cordula
Arvis, Jean-Francois
Logistics and Freight Services : Policies to Facilitate Trade
relation Trade and COVID-19 Guidance Note;
description 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.
format Policy Note
author Rastogi, Cordula
Arvis, Jean-Francois
author_facet Rastogi, Cordula
Arvis, Jean-Francois
author_sort Rastogi, Cordula
title Logistics and Freight Services : Policies to Facilitate Trade
title_short Logistics and Freight Services : Policies to Facilitate Trade
title_full Logistics and Freight Services : Policies to Facilitate Trade
title_fullStr Logistics and Freight Services : Policies to Facilitate Trade
title_full_unstemmed Logistics and Freight Services : Policies to Facilitate Trade
title_sort logistics and freight services : policies to facilitate trade
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/415841588657355986/Logistics-and-Freight-Services-Policies-to-Facilitate-Trade
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33719
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