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Quantitative analysis of road transport agreements (QuARTA) /

"Road freight transport plays an indispensable role in international economic cooperation and foreign trade. For short and medium distances in particular, road freight transport constitutes a predominant share of overall traffic, but it also plays a significant role in long distance haulage, wh...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kunaka, Charles
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2013.
Colección:World Bank studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; General Findings; Specific Recommendations; Conclusion; Note; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Navigating the Bowl of Bilateral Agreements; Definition and Guidance; Maps; Map 2.1: The Geographical Distribution of the 111 Contracting Parties to the Vienna Convention; Reasons for Concluding Bilateral Agreements; Boxes; Box 2.1: Principles of the Vienna Convention of Relevance to This Study; Box 2.2: Reasons for Concluding Bilateral Agreements; Challenges and Issues; Notes; Chapter 3 Methodology.
  • Exploring the Openness of Bilateral AgreementsThe Ideal Model and In-between Feature Values; Tables; Table 3.1: Features of the Ideal Model and Penalty Points for Restrictions; Selection of Agreements for Review; Table 3.2: Distribution of Bilateral Agreements in the Present Agreement Bank by Geographic Relation; Table 3.3: Number of Bilateral Agreements Analyzed by Geographic Relation; Table 3.4: Number of Bilateral Agreements Analyzed by Geographic Region; Multilateral and Model Agreements; Notes.
  • Table 3.5: Multilateral Transport Agreements and Other Legal Instruments by Areas as Selected for BenchmarkingChapter 4 Typology of Bilateral Agreements; Political Provisions; Figures; Figure 4.1: Distribution of Agreements by Their Final Provisions; Technical Provisions; Figure 4.2: Permits/Authorizations Applicable under the Agreement for Various Operations; Figure 4.3: Cabotage Regulation in Bilateral Agreements; Figure 4.4: Distribution of Agreements by Date of Conclusion; Figure 4.5: Transit Regulation in Agreements; Figure 4.6: Triangular Quotas in Agreements.
  • Figure 4.7: Tax Exemption of Vehicles from the Other Party in AgreementsImplementation Arrangements; Figure 4.8: Obligatory Nondiscriminatory Treatment of Goods, Vehicles, and Drivers in Agreements; Figure 4.9: Technical Provisions Concerning Permit Management in Agreements; Notes; Chapter 5 Findings on Bilateral Agreements; Figure 5.1: Scoring Results of Assessed Agreements; Figure 5.2: Distribution of Agreement Scores by Score Categories; Table 5.1: Eleven Core Features of Most Open Agreements; Table 5.2: Eleven Main Features of Least Open Agreements.
  • Figure 5.3: Average Degree of Openness by Date of Conclusion of AgreementsFigure 5.4: Average Openness of Agreements by Geographic Relations; Figure 5.5: Scores for Agreements between Kazakhstan and Different Parties; Chapter 6 Findings on Multilateral Agreements; Table 6.1: Scoring of Intraregional, Multilateral Agreements and Models; Box 6.1: ECMT Multilateral Quota System; Table 6.2: Ranking Comparison of Multilateral and Bilateral Agreements; Note; Figure 6.1: Ranking Comparison of Multilateral and Bilateral Agreements; Chapter 7 Economic Importance of Agreements.
  • Spatial Proximity of Contracting Parties.