The cost of being landlocked : logistics, costs, and supply chain reliability /

This book proposes a new analytical framework to interpret and model the constraints faced by logistics chains in landlocked countries. The case of LLDCs has naturally received special attention for decades, including a specific set of development priorities based on the idea of dependence over the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arvis, Jean-François, 1960-
Otros Autores: Raballand, Gaël, Marteau, Jean-François
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington D.C. : World Bank, ©2010.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Trade.
Temas:
Business logistics.
Transportation > Costs.
Landlocked states.
Logistique (Organisation)
Pays sans littoral.
Transport > Coût.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
Business logistics
Landlocked states
Transportation > Costs
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and overview
  • Revisiting the conventional wisdom on transportation costs : infrastructure is only one part of the story
  • The need for a revised conceptual framework to assess the cost of being landlocked
  • Delays and unpredictability and their impact matter more than transport costs for development
  • Market size impact and rents explain mostly the cost of being landlocked
  • Policy recommendations.

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