Agility Actively Supports World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Enabling Trade Report 2008

BASEL, Switzerland, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Economic Forum (WEF) today released the Global Enabling Trade Report 2008. Published for the first time, the report aims to present a cross-country analysis of the large number of measures facilitating trade and covers 118 economies worldwide. Agility actively provided guidance to the direction of the report that will play a significant role in facilitating global trade.

The report is intended to support individuals and organizations wanting to improve the trade efficiency in their respective countries of business. "It is of immense importance to establish a dialogue between governments and the private sector on how to improve economies by enabling trade country by country. The report is the first -- and already a very good -- tool for this," says Tarek Sultan, Chairman and Managing Director of Agility who is also a member of the Board of Governors for the Logistics & Transportation Industry at the WEF.

The Enabling Trade Index, featured in the report, measures the factors, policies and services facilitating the free flow of goods over borders, and to their destination. The Enabling Trade Index was developed within the context of the Forum's Industry Partnership Programme for the Logistics and Transport sector in close collaboration with the project's data partners: Global Express Association (GEA), International Air Transport Association (IATA), International Trade Centre (ITC), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), The World Bank and World Trade Organization (WTO).

The Forum also received important input from its Industry Partners and other leading logistics providers. The full report, highlights and country profiles can be downloaded at: http://www.weforum.org/getr08

About Agility
Agility is a leading emerging market multinational with more than 32,000 employees, and over 550 offices in 100 countries around the world. A publicly traded company, with over $6 billion in annual revenue, we have three key business groups -- Global Integrated Logistics (GIL), Defense & Government Services (DGS) and Investments. Agility GIL is our commercial division, providing integrated logistics solutions to customers spanning a range of industries from technology and retail to defense and government and oil and gas. The Agility DGS business group provides comprehensive logistics solutions to various government entities and non governmental organizations on a global basis. With three business divisions -- Real Estate, Private Equity and Trade Facilitators, Agility Investments utilizes the local insights from our global network to invest in specialized opportunities in the emerging markets.

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