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February 7, 2024 Update

Freightos

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Top 10 Most Corrupt Countries of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

21 and the group said that “despite attempts to combat corruption around the world, the majority of countries are moving too slowly in their efforts. Syria, South Sudan and Somalia rank lowest with scores of 14, 12 and 9 respectively. Transparency International released its annual ranking, Corruptions Perceptions Index 2017 , on Feb.

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Polycrisis, Antifragility, and What’s Missing from Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Digital transformation in a time of polycrisis Supply chains are no strangers to disruptions, like the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria, but polycrisis is meant to describe interconnected impacts of crises with repercussions rising to a much more serious level. Digital transformation is no longer optional.

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The Future of Global Food Security

Enterra Insights

In the past half-decade, armed conflicts escalated across the world: Syria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Myanmar. The group was founded by Albert Einstein and students from the University of Chicago in 1945, primarily to warn how close the world appeared to global nuclear conflict. Poverty was falling, lifespans increasing.

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Export Compliance 101

Arena Solutions

So, Craig, this is a great group of people for your kind of Export Compliance 101, because most people here are actively learning about it. person, if I’m driving through Switzerland and my rental car is running out of gas, I have to drive past the gas stations that are owned by Syria. Syria, Iran, North Korea, or Cuba?

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Turkey Earthquake: Key Industries, Exports, and Sites Impacted

Resilinc

In total 15 countries were affected including Syria (which also declared a state of emergency), Cyprus, Lebanon, Jourdan, Palestine, Egypt, Southern Cyprus, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Turkey wasn’t the only country impacted by this severe disaster, either.

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10 Things to Consider in the Global Economy

NC State SCRC

I presented the keynote to the group of procurement executives gathered, speaking on the subject of “The New Reality of Supply Chain Ecosystems”, which addresses many of the emerging issues that face supply chain executives in the digital world. What is remarkable is that 53% come from Somalia, Syria, and Afghanistan.

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