Monday, 30 July 2012

India claimed 46th rank in trade logistics performance


                      For the last two years or so global trade logistics performance slowed down because of many reasons like global recession, uncertainty over euro zone etc, but India along with a few other countries which pursued quite aggressive economic reforms continued to improve drastically, according to the World Bank.


                       India’s Logistics Performance Indicators (LPI) score of 3.08 was eventually ranked 46th in the latest survey of World Bank on trade logistics, while Singapore topped the list, as the top performer among the 155 economies included in the report,  with a score of 4.12.

                        Countries like India, Chile, China, Morocco, South Africa, Turkey, and the US all improved their own previous performance. It is a very good sign for India to improve the score quite regularly for the last few years.

                         According to the latest LPI report, high income economies dominate the top logistics rankings, while the economies with worst performance are least developed countries that are also often landlocked, small islands, or post-conflict states.

                          In the category of upper-middle income, top performers are South Africa, China and Turkey, while in the lower-middle category, India, Morocco and the Philippines have above average performance improvements.

                          According to the Mona Haddad, Sector Manager of the World Bank’s international trade department, infrastructure is the chief driver of progress in top performers, which is followed by factors like improvements in logistics service, and customs and border management.

                          All the top performers show a strong cooperation between the public and private sectors, and a very comprehensive approach in the development of services, infrastructure and efficient logistics.

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