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Unclogging the arteries : the impact of transport costs on Latin American and Caribbean trade / Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Christian Volpe, Juan S. Blyde.

Title
Unclogging the arteries : the impact of transport costs on Latin American and Caribbean trade / Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Christian Volpe, Juan S. Blyde.
Author
Moreira, Maurício Mesquita
Publication
Washington, DC : Inter-American Development Bank, 2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Volpe Martincus, Christian
  • Blyde, Juan S.
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Description
vi, 168 : ill.; 20 cm.
Summary
The book explores the impact of transport costs on trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, and argues that transport costs have assumed an unprecedented strategic importance to the region. The region can no longer rely solely on trade agreements, proximity, labor costs and an abundant supply of natural resources to give it a competitive advantage in international trade. The book finds that countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have transport costs that are generally higher than those of the developed world, largely because of deficiencies in infrastructure and weak competition in shipping services. It concludes that a broader and more balanced trade agenda would bring the long neglected issue of transport costs to the center of the policy debate.
Alternative Title
Impact of transport costs on Latin American and Caribbean trade
Subject
  • Transportation > Latin America
  • Transportation > Caribbean Area > Costs
  • Freight and freightage
  • Transportation and state
  • Transportation > Latin America > Costs
  • Freight and freightage > Costs
Note
  • "Special report on integration and trade"--cover.
  • Available on the INTERNET.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
An overview of trade and transport costs in LAC -- Determinants of transport costs and implication for LAC -- Transport costs, tariffs and the volume and diversification of the region's trade -- The reality on the ground: case studies of Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico -- Conclusions: expanding the integration agenda beyond tariffs.
ISBN
  • 9781597820745
  • 1597820741
LCCN
^^2008929436
OCLC
  • 301562107
  • SCSB-11069610
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library