The cost of being landlocked: [electronic resource] logistics, costs, and supply chain reliability / Jean-Fran�ois Arvis, Ga�l Raballand, Jean-Fran�ois Marteau.
Series: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.) | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Trade. | World Bank e-LibraryPublication details: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2010.Description: xviii, 99 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0821384082
- 0821384090 (electronic)
- 9780821384084
- 9780821384091 (electronic)
- 658.7 22
- HD38.5 .A78 2010
Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-94) and index.
Introduction and overview -- Revisiting the conventional wisdom on transportation costs: infrastructure is only one part of the story -- The need for a revised conceptual framework to assess the cost of being landlocked -- Delays and unpredictability matter more than transport costs for development -- The impact of market structure and business practices on the cost of being landlocked -- Policy recommendations.
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