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The Cost of Being Landlocked : Logistics, Costs, and Supply Chain Reliability by Arvis, Jean Francois; Marteau, Jean-Francois; Raballand, Gael is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Cost of Being Landlocked : Logistics, Costs, and Supply Chain Reliability about?

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 transit state. In this context, efforts to tackle the cost of being landlocked have been mainly directed to ensure or facilitate freedom of transit through regional/multilateral conventions, and to develop regional transport infrastructure. In contrast, analysis of service delivery constraints has been seriously neglected and could explain the disappointing implementation of regional transit agreements and massive investments in corridors for exports diversification in landlocked economies. Based on extensive data collection in several regions of the world, this book argues that although landlocked developing countries do face high logistics costs, these do not result from poor road infrastructure -contrary to conventional wisdom-since transport prices mainly depend on trucking market structure and organization. In turn, high logistics costs depend on low logistics reliability and predic

Author

Arvis, Jean Francois; Marteau, Jean-Francois; Raballand, Gael

Publisher

World Bank Publications

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9786612725685

Subjects

Management, Business, Science