Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions

In 2006 the World Bank wrote a report analyzing the situation of logistics in Argentina and identifying the main restrictions on trade flows. That report, entitled 'Argentina: the challenge of lowering logistics costs in the face of growth in...

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Format: Other Infrastructure Study
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/10/16321760/logistics-argentina-analysis-options-strategies-overcome-emerging-restrictions
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spelling okr-10986-125532021-04-23T14:03:02Z Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions World Bank ABSOLUTE VALUE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL ADVERSE SHOCKS AGENCY PROBLEM AGENCY PROBLEMS AGGREGATE CAPITAL STOCK ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL AMOUNT OF CAPITAL BENCHMARK BUDGET CONSTRAINT CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL ACCOUNT OPENNESS CAPITAL ACCOUNT RESTRICTIONS CAPITAL ACCOUNTS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL ALLOCATION CAPITAL FLIGHT CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL INCOME CAPITAL INFLOW CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL OUTFLOW CAPITAL OWNERS CAPITAL SHARE CAPITAL SHARES CAPITAL STOCK CLOSED CAPITAL ACCOUNTS CLOSED ECONOMY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION GROWTH COST OF INVESTMENT CRRA CURRENCY CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS DEPRECIATION DEPRECIATION RATE DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIFFERENTIAL TAXATION In 2006 the World Bank wrote a report analyzing the situation of logistics in Argentina and identifying the main restrictions on trade flows. That report, entitled 'Argentina: the challenge of lowering logistics costs in the face of growth in foreign trade' was the first World Bank study designed to analyze the country's logistics performance. Based on the government's specific objective to achieve exports of US$60 billion by 2010, the report highlighted the need for significant improvement in the efficiency of transport networks and logistics services. In addition, the report underlined the risk of congestion at critical nodes that could develop if exports were to grow at the rate forecasted at that time (a rate that was in fact exceeded between 2006 and 2008, but which suffered a significant decline as from the crisis that began at the end of 2008). The high logistics costs faced by companies in the Argentine northwest (NOA) were also identified as a significant restriction in the 2006 report. This report makes a detailed analysis of the challenges and problems associated with the four topics identified in the preceding point, and presents recommendations of a general nature for their solution. 2013-02-27T20:40:04Z 2013-02-27T20:40:04Z 2010-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/10/16321760/logistics-argentina-analysis-options-strategies-overcome-emerging-restrictions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12553 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean
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topic ABSOLUTE VALUE
ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL
ADVERSE SHOCKS
AGENCY PROBLEM
AGENCY PROBLEMS
AGGREGATE CAPITAL STOCK
ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL
AMOUNT OF CAPITAL
BENCHMARK
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL ACCOUNT OPENNESS
CAPITAL ACCOUNT RESTRICTIONS
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL ALLOCATION
CAPITAL FLIGHT
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL INCOME
CAPITAL INFLOW
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL OUTFLOW
CAPITAL OWNERS
CAPITAL SHARE
CAPITAL SHARES
CAPITAL STOCK
CLOSED CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
CLOSED ECONOMY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
COST OF INVESTMENT
CRRA
CURRENCY
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS
DEPRECIATION
DEPRECIATION RATE
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIFFERENTIAL TAXATION
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE VALUE
ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL
ADVERSE SHOCKS
AGENCY PROBLEM
AGENCY PROBLEMS
AGGREGATE CAPITAL STOCK
ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL
AMOUNT OF CAPITAL
BENCHMARK
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL ACCOUNT OPENNESS
CAPITAL ACCOUNT RESTRICTIONS
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL ALLOCATION
CAPITAL FLIGHT
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL INCOME
CAPITAL INFLOW
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL OUTFLOW
CAPITAL OWNERS
CAPITAL SHARE
CAPITAL SHARES
CAPITAL STOCK
CLOSED CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
CLOSED ECONOMY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
COST OF INVESTMENT
CRRA
CURRENCY
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS
DEPRECIATION
DEPRECIATION RATE
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIFFERENTIAL TAXATION
World Bank
Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
description In 2006 the World Bank wrote a report analyzing the situation of logistics in Argentina and identifying the main restrictions on trade flows. That report, entitled 'Argentina: the challenge of lowering logistics costs in the face of growth in foreign trade' was the first World Bank study designed to analyze the country's logistics performance. Based on the government's specific objective to achieve exports of US$60 billion by 2010, the report highlighted the need for significant improvement in the efficiency of transport networks and logistics services. In addition, the report underlined the risk of congestion at critical nodes that could develop if exports were to grow at the rate forecasted at that time (a rate that was in fact exceeded between 2006 and 2008, but which suffered a significant decline as from the crisis that began at the end of 2008). The high logistics costs faced by companies in the Argentine northwest (NOA) were also identified as a significant restriction in the 2006 report. This report makes a detailed analysis of the challenges and problems associated with the four topics identified in the preceding point, and presents recommendations of a general nature for their solution.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study
author World Bank
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title Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions
title_short Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions
title_full Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions
title_fullStr Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions
title_full_unstemmed Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions
title_sort logistics in argentina : analysis, options and strategies to overcome emerging restrictions
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/10/16321760/logistics-argentina-analysis-options-strategies-overcome-emerging-restrictions
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