# The DHL Global Connectedness Index, research by Professor Pankaj Ghemawat, Senior Research Scholar Steven Altman and Associate Research Scholar Phillip Bastian, is cited

1 Faculty News August 25, 2019 ![Sun Daily logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/thesundaily192x144.jpg?itok=gl9ItzQj)>

Excerpt from [The Sun Daily](https://www.thesundaily.my/local/australia-s-expertise-can-help-improve-malaysian-value-chain-darell-HB1298382) -- "According to the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2019 report, the country ranked 15th among 190 economies worldwide and it had maintained a strong position in the DHL Global Connectedness Index (GCI), ranking second in Southeast Asia and 12th out of 169 countries for trade connectivity."

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