Logistics, a magic bullet for sustainable trade?

Improving the performance of logistics helps organisations and economies engage more deeply in trade - locally and internationally - making it a powerful driver of growth and development.

B ATTLES are won with tactics. Wars are won with logistics, Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk said. Indeed, improving performance of logistics helps organisations and economies further engage in local and international trade. This makes logistics a powerful driver for growth and development.

According to the World Bank, performance of a country’s logistics industry is a great deal for its competitiveness on export markets, and its ability to reliably, affordably secure importation of goods needed for production and consumption.