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Freight Flows,Logistics Costs, and Efficiency : Optimal Path Analysis
World Bank - 2012
In Central America, cargo is transported almost entirely by road. The movement of imports and exports to and from international seaports is done by truck. Rail service is almost nonexistent and air transport serves less than one percent of the cargo generated within the Central American Common...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247515
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Global logistics indicators, supply chain metrics, and bilateral trade patterns
Hausman, Warren H. - 2005
various proxies, including indices based on expert judgment in some cases. This paper focuses on logistics friction and draws … on a data set recently compiled by the World Bank with specific quantitative metrics of logistics performance in terms of … time, cost, and variability in time. It finds that the new variables that relate directly to logistics performance have a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522427
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Just-in-case inventories : a cross-country analysis
Guasch, J. Luis - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523423
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Inventory of Policy Responses to the Financial and Economic Crisis
World Bank - 2014
This report presents an overview of general findings from International Labor Office (ILO) and World Bank (WB) database. The report only uses a fraction of this large and rich database and is an invitation for researchers and practitioners to use the data for more in-depth research, which can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560497
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Trade policy, trade costs, and developing country trade
Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2008
suggests that measures to improve logistics performance and facilitate trade are likely to have the greatest positive effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520962
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Trade costs in Africa : barriers and opportunities for reform
Portugal-Pérez, Alberto - 2008
sample of African countries. The evidence suggests that the gains for African exporters from improving the trade logistics … logistics in Ethiopia half-way to the level in South Africa would be roughly equivalent to a 7.5 percent cut in tariffs faced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521040
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The data chase : what's out there on trade costs and nontariff barriers ?
Bagai, Shweta - 2006
"Trade costs and nontariff barriers are at the forefront of discussions on competitiveness and expanding trade opportunities for developing countries. This paper provides a summary overview of data and indicators relevant to these issues and has been informed by work underway at the World Bank...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522161
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Trade costs, export development, and poverty in Rwanda
Diop, Ndiame - 2005
"For Rwanda, one of the poorest countries in the world, trade offers the most effective route for substantial poverty reduction. But the poor in Rwanda, most of whom are subsistence farmers in rural areas, are currently disconnected from markets and commercial activities by extremely high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522416
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How do differing standards increase trade costs? : the case of pallets
Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique - 2005
"The pallet is a platform used for storing, handling, and transporting products. There are hundreds of different pallet sizes around the world. Raballand and Aldaz-Carroll examine the case of pallets to illustrate the impact of multiplicity of standards on trade costs. They select this case...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522680
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Infrastructure, competition regimes, and air transport costs : cross-country evidence
Micco, Alejandro - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522979