Egypt climbed six spots to rank 14th in Agility’s 2018 Emerging Markets Logistics Index (pdf), which surveys 500 supply chain executives to assess the performance of 50 emerging markets based on their economic, trade, and social data. The surge came thanks to “bold steps” taken to normalize the economy over the past two years, improvements in the country’s infrastructure, a decline in business costs associated with crime, violence, and terrorism. According to the report, Egypt’s economy is on an upwards trajectory, and the “next step is putting in place a robust regulatory environment and continuing with much-needed structural reforms.”