This working paper assesses opportunities and policies for green growth in the Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area. It first examines the Chicago metro-region's economic and environmental performance and potential constraints to regional growth, and identifies emerging regional specialisations...

The areas located outside metropolitan areas and also outside areas activated through other big cities are called peripheries. There are big differences between the levels of development of metropolitan and peripheral areas in Poland. There are also great differences in opportunities to...

En Centroamérica las distancias son cortas y los volúmenes de carga son pequeños para consolidar una red densa de transporte marítimo de corta distancia. Además, no existe una red ferroviaria transnacional. Esto otorga al transporte automotor de carga (TAC) un rol clave en el transporte...

This study focuses on identifying the basic logistics capabilities in Belize, Central America and the Dominican Republic. It concentrates on the ports and sea network, taking into consideration intermodal networks involving both land and sea components together with the major performance drivers...

After analyzing logistics links between the ports of Cartagena (Colombia), Veracruz (Mexico) and Panama (Balboa and Colon) and their hinterlands, this study describes infrastructure restrictions as well as operational and institutional challenges for logistics development in Latin America and...

El presente documento analiza la brecha existente entre los requerimientos y la disponibilidad de información al transporte de carga y logística, y propone la creación de una red de observatorios como modelo de institución para superarla información al transporte de carga y logística, y...

Este documento presenta una guía indicativa y consideraciones prácticas para el establecimiento de observatorios nacionales de transporte de carga y logística.

Distances in Central America are short and cargo volumes are small to build a dense network of short sea shipping. Furthermore, there is no transnational railway network. This gives trucking services a key role in international transport. This preliminary study characterizes trucking services in...