The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Trade and Transport Facilitation Audit of The Baltic States (TTFBS): On a Fast Track to Economic Development Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Prepared by Lauri Ojala, Tapio Naula and Torsten Hoffmann for the Infrastructure and Energy Services Department Public Disclosure Authorized Europe and Central Asia Region February 2005 © 2005 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A. Published for The World Bank by Logistics, The Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, 20500 Turku, Finland e-mail:
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