Trends in Trade and Logistics : An East Asian Perspective

There are five sections in this report. The first section analysis growth, poverty reduction, trade and logistics. The study indicates that a stimulus in economic growth tends to reduce poverty. Section two analysis global trends in transport and logistics that determine the competitive advantage and growth performance of trading in global economy. Transport and logistics have benefited from technological and institutional changes, and has developed the maritime transport, warehousing facilities, and communication. The net result has been to facilitate globalization. Section three analysis trade led growth in East Asia. The sustained growth performance is usually attributed to the region's global integration. Section four: Logistics in East Asia - the single most important impact of globalization in East Asian countries has been the integration of local production and supply. Section five - a strategy to stimulate trade-led poverty reduction. This analysis has demonstrated the significance of the role of trade in accelerating economic growth and reducing poverty. In addition, the trade pattern of the region is focused in terms of final market destination.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Bajpai, Jitendra N., Carruthers, Robin
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2002-06
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY, AD VALOREM, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURE, AIR FREIGHT, AIR TRANSPORT, AIRCRAFT, ANNUAL GROWTH, AREA OF ORIGIN, AVERAGE INCOME, BERTH, BERTHS, CARGO HANDLING, CARGO SYSTEMS, CARRIAGE, CARRIERS, CLOSED ECONOMIES, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES, COMPETITIVENESS, CONGESTION, CONTAINER BERTHS, CONTAINER HANDLING, CONTAINER LOGISTICS, CONTAINER SHIPPING, CONTAINER SHIPS, CONTAINER TRAFFIC, CONTAINER TRANSPORT, CONTAINER VESSELS, CONTAINERIZATION, CONTAINERIZED CARGO, CONTAINERS, CUSTOMS, CUSTOMS CLEARANCE, DEBT, DECISION MAKING, DELIVERY TIMES, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT REPORT, DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DISECONOMIES, DISINFLATION, DOMESTIC MARKETS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC STRUCTURE, ECONOMISTS, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, EXPORTS, FREE TRADE, FREIGHT RATES, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH PATTERN, GROWTH PERFORMANCE, GROWTH POTENTIAL, GROWTH RATE, HANDLING, HIGH GROWTH, HIGH REWARDS, IMPORTS, INCOME, INCOME GROWTH, INCOME POVERTY, INCREASING RETURNS, INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES, INEFFICIENCY, INFLATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVENTORIES, INVENTORY, LABOR COSTS, LABOR INPUTS, LABOR MARKET, LOADING, LOGISTICS COSTS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MANUFACTURING, MARGINAL BENEFITS, MARKET PRICES, MERGERS, MONETARY ECONOMICS, NATIONAL INCOME, NAVIGATION, NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES, NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS, OCEAN FREIGHT, OIL, PER CAPITA GROWTH, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLICY INTERVENTION, POLICY RESEARCH, PORTS, POVERTY MEASURE, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, PRO-POOR, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, PROFIT MARGIN, PROFIT MARGINS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, REAL GDP, REGIONAL INEQUALITIES, RELATIVE IMPORTANCE, RURAL AREAS, SAVINGS, SEAPORTS, SHIPMENT OF GOODS, SHIPMENTS, SHIPPERS, SHIPPING, SHIPPING COMPANIES, SHIPPING COSTS, SHIPPING INDUSTRY, SPATIAL ECONOMICS, STORAGE CHARGES, TAXATION, TERMS OF TRADE, THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS, TRADE BARRIERS, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE POLICIES, TRADE VOLUMES, TRANSACTION COSTS, TRANSIT, TRANSIT TIMES, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSSHIPMENT, VESSEL SIZE, VESSELS, WAGES, WAREHOUSING, WATER POLLUTION, WEALTH, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO POVERTY REDUCTION, ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE, TRENDS, TRANSPORT, MARITIME TRANSPORTATION, WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT, PRODUCTION PLANNING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/2136797/trends-trade-logistics-east-asian-perspective https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17399
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