Connecting Landlocked Developing Countries to Markets : Trade Corridors in the 21st Century

The importance of transport corridors for trade and development, including for some of the poorest countries in the world, is widely recognized in this book. A new consensus has also emerged that reducing trade costs and improving access to corridors is not just a matter of building infrastructure. The policies that regulate transport services providers and the movement of goods along corridors are important determinants of the social rate of return on such infrastructure investment. This book avoids optimistic assumptions regarding the prospects for new high-level agreements and decisions to facilitate transit or the possible benefits from increased use of technology. Instead, the authors argue that much can be done through the implementation of readily available existing tools. The use of these tools is often hampered by not only capacity constraints; but, equally if not more important, a lack of commitment. Political economic factors in both the landlocked countries and their transit neighbors must be recognized and addressed. This book offers examples of possible implementation strategies that, while challenging, should in principle help in overcoming these political economic constraints. The main message is that to bring about efficient trade corridors governments and stakeholders should focus on properly implementing the fiscal, regulatory, and procedural principles for international transit that encourage quality-driven logistics services. The various implementation challenges are the primary focus of this book.

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Main Authors:	Smith, Graham, Arvis, Jean-François, Willoughby, Christopher, Carruthers, Robin
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2011-03-24
Subjects:	ADB, ADVERSE EFFECTS, AIM, AIR, AIR FREIGHT, AIR TRANSPORT, ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT, ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT MODES, AVERAGE TRANSIT TIME, BENCHMARKS, BILATERAL TRADE, BORDER CROSSING, BORDER CROSSINGS, BORDER MANAGEMENT, BOTTLENECKS, BOXES, BRIDGE, CARGO, CARRIAGE, CARRIERS, CIF, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY, COMMUNITY TRANSPORT, COMPETITIVENESS, CONGESTION, CONTAINER SERVICES, CONTAINERS, COST OF TRANSPORTATION, COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION, CUSTOMS, CUSTOMS BROKERS, CUSTOMS CLEARANCE, CUSTOMS DUTIES, DELIVERIES, DELIVERY TIMES, DEMURRAGE, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DIESEL, DIESEL FUEL, DRIVERS, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, EFFICIENT TRANSPORT, EXPORTS, FEASIBILITY STUDIES, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FORWARDING, FREIGHT, FREIGHT BUREAUS, FREIGHT COSTS, FREIGHT FORWARDERS, FREIGHT MOVEMENT, FREIGHT SERVICE, FREIGHT SERVICES, FREIGHT TRAFFIC, FREIGHT TRANSPORT, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUEL SHORTAGES, GATT, HANDLING, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY CORRIDOR, HIGHWAY NETWORK, HIGHWAY PROJECT, HIGHWAY SYSTEMS, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, INCOME LEVELS, INFLATION, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURES, INLAND WATERWAY, INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT, INLAND WATERWAYS, INSPECTION, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF GOODS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT, INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF RAILWAYS, INVENTORIES, INVENTORY, ITC, LAND TRANSPORT, LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES, LDCS, LEASING CONTRACTS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGISLATION, LOADING, LOGISTICS COSTS, LONG-DISTANCE, MANUFACTURING, MONOPOLY, NATIONAL TRANSPORT, NATURAL RESOURCES, OPTIMIZATION, PASSENGERS, PENALTIES, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PORT AUTHORITY, PORT OF ENTRY, PRICE DIFFERENTIAL, PRODUCTIVITY, PROFIT MARGINS, PURCHASING POWER, QUALITY OF TRANSPORT, RAIL, RAIL OPERATORS, RAIL TRANSIT, RAIL TRANSPORT, RAILROADS, RAILWAY, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS, REGIONAL ROAD TRANSPORT, REGIONAL TRANSIT, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, RISK MANAGEMENT, ROAD, ROAD CONDITIONS, ROAD FREIGHT RATES, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD INVESTMENT, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD QUALITY, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD TRANSPORT PRICES, ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES, ROAD USE, ROADS, ROUTE, ROUTES, SEAPORTS, SHIPMENTS, SHIPPERS, SHIPPING, SUBSIDIARY, SUPPLY CHAINS, SURCHARGES, TAX, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TOLL, TOLLS, TRADE FACILITATION, TRADE FLOWS, TRADE LOGISTICS, TRADE PERFORMANCE, TRADE VOLUME, TRAFFIC, TRANSIT, TRANSIT CORRIDOR, TRANSIT CORRIDORS, TRANSIT COUNTRIES, TRANSIT INFORMATION, TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSIT INSTITUTIONS, TRANSIT POLICY, TRANSIT SYSTEM, TRANSIT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, TRANSIT TIMES, TRANSIT TRADE, TRANSIT TRIP, TRANSPORT AGENCIES, TRANSPORT AGREEMENT, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT FACILITATION, TRANSPORT INDUSTRY, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT INVESTMENT, TRANSPORT MARKETS, TRANSPORT POLICIES, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT STRATEGIES, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRANSPORTS, TRUCK CAPACITY, TRUCK TRAFFIC, TRUCK USE, TRUCKS, TRUE, VEHICLE, VEHICLE OPERATING, VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS, VEHICLE REGULATIONS, VEHICLES, VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, WAITING TIME, WAREHOUSING, WATER NAVIGATION, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO, INVESTMENT CLIMATE,
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