Road Freight in Central America : Five Explanations to High Costs of Service Provision
An efficient system to transport goods domestically and internationally is a key element of the logistics chain. Road freight transport has a direct impact on poverty as it employs millions of people and generates a significant portion of Gross Dom...
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okr-10986-271052021-04-23T14:04:40Z Road Freight in Central America : Five Explanations to High Costs of Service Provision World Bank AERODYNAMICS AIR AIR CONDITIONING ALUMINUM AVERAGE SPEEDS BAC BANK LOANS BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE BORDER MANAGEMENT BOTTLENECKS BRIDGE CARGO COMPETITIVENESS CONGESTION CONSUMER PROTECTION CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION INCREASES COST EFFECTIVENESS COST OF TRANSPORT COST PER VEHICLE COSTS PER VEHICLE DIESEL DRIVING ECONOMIC PROGRESS EMISSION EMISSION RATES EMPLOYMENT EUROPEAN ROAD EXPORT GROWTH FILTERS FINANCING SOURCES FREE TRADE FREIGHT FREIGHT SECTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL COST FUEL COSTS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL PRICES FUEL SAVINGS FUELS GDP GENERATORS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH TRANSPORT IDLE TIME INCOME INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES INFLATION INLAND WATERWAY INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY LABOR COSTS LOADING LONGER TRIPS LORRY LORRY PARKS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES OXIDATION PASSENGERS PEAK HOURS PERSONAL SAVINGS POLLUTION PORTS PORTS OF ENTRY PRICE OF FUEL PRICE SENSITIVITY PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGIN QUALITY OF TRANSPORT RAIL REDUCTION IN FUEL CONSUMPTION ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD TOLLS ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES ROADS ROUND TRIP ROUTE ROUTES SAFETY SATURATION SHORT-SEA SHIPPING SPEED TIRES TOTAL COSTS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICY TRAFFIC TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT OF GOODS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRIP TRIPS TROUGH TRUCK DRIVERS TRUCKING TRUCKS VARIABLE COSTS VEHICLE VEHICLE EFFICIENCY VEHICLE FLEET VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS VEHICLE PURCHASES VEHICLES WAITING TIME WEALTH WTO An efficient system to transport goods domestically and internationally is a key element of the logistics chain. Road freight transport has a direct impact on poverty as it employs millions of people and generates a significant portion of Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, especially in low and middle-income countries. Trucking is the primary form of transportation for domestic, trans-border, and international cargo, in Central America. Road freight transport is now vital to production, distribution, and mobilization, driving economic, social, and environmental progress. In short, trucking is the backbone of economies around the world. In the past 20 years, the industry has advanced as technology has improved communication, management, productivity, including vehicle efficiency. Their objective in doing so is to expand markets, generate wealth on the basis of efficient specialization, introduce competition, and lower costs for production, distribution, services, and research and development. When road freight transport services are efficient, they support these objectives; when they are not they act as nontariff barriers to trade, creating delays, raising costs, worsening congestion and pollution. Such barriers prolong and destabilize delivery schedules, hinder 'just in time' inventory management and industrial processes, and impede the efficient combination of factors of production. 2017-06-13T19:50:07Z 2017-06-13T19:50:07Z 2012-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/558341468242387382/Road-freight-in-Central-America-five-explanations-to-high-costs-of-service-provision-background-paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27105 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Central America |
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AERODYNAMICS AIR AIR CONDITIONING ALUMINUM AVERAGE SPEEDS BAC BANK LOANS BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE BORDER MANAGEMENT BOTTLENECKS BRIDGE CARGO COMPETITIVENESS CONGESTION CONSUMER PROTECTION CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION INCREASES COST EFFECTIVENESS COST OF TRANSPORT COST PER VEHICLE COSTS PER VEHICLE DIESEL DRIVING ECONOMIC PROGRESS EMISSION EMISSION RATES EMPLOYMENT EUROPEAN ROAD EXPORT GROWTH FILTERS FINANCING SOURCES FREE TRADE FREIGHT FREIGHT SECTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL COST FUEL COSTS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL PRICES FUEL SAVINGS FUELS GDP GENERATORS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH TRANSPORT IDLE TIME INCOME INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES INFLATION INLAND WATERWAY INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY LABOR COSTS LOADING LONGER TRIPS LORRY LORRY PARKS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES OXIDATION PASSENGERS PEAK HOURS PERSONAL SAVINGS POLLUTION PORTS PORTS OF ENTRY PRICE OF FUEL PRICE SENSITIVITY PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGIN QUALITY OF TRANSPORT RAIL REDUCTION IN FUEL CONSUMPTION ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD TOLLS ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES ROADS ROUND TRIP ROUTE ROUTES SAFETY SATURATION SHORT-SEA SHIPPING SPEED TIRES TOTAL COSTS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICY TRAFFIC TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT OF GOODS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRIP TRIPS TROUGH TRUCK DRIVERS TRUCKING TRUCKS VARIABLE COSTS VEHICLE VEHICLE EFFICIENCY VEHICLE FLEET VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS VEHICLE PURCHASES VEHICLES WAITING TIME WEALTH WTO |
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AERODYNAMICS AIR AIR CONDITIONING ALUMINUM AVERAGE SPEEDS BAC BANK LOANS BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE BORDER MANAGEMENT BOTTLENECKS BRIDGE CARGO COMPETITIVENESS CONGESTION CONSUMER PROTECTION CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION INCREASES COST EFFECTIVENESS COST OF TRANSPORT COST PER VEHICLE COSTS PER VEHICLE DIESEL DRIVING ECONOMIC PROGRESS EMISSION EMISSION RATES EMPLOYMENT EUROPEAN ROAD EXPORT GROWTH FILTERS FINANCING SOURCES FREE TRADE FREIGHT FREIGHT SECTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL COST FUEL COSTS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL PRICES FUEL SAVINGS FUELS GDP GENERATORS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH TRANSPORT IDLE TIME INCOME INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES INFLATION INLAND WATERWAY INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY LABOR COSTS LOADING LONGER TRIPS LORRY LORRY PARKS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES OXIDATION PASSENGERS PEAK HOURS PERSONAL SAVINGS POLLUTION PORTS PORTS OF ENTRY PRICE OF FUEL PRICE SENSITIVITY PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGIN QUALITY OF TRANSPORT RAIL REDUCTION IN FUEL CONSUMPTION ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD TOLLS ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES ROADS ROUND TRIP ROUTE ROUTES SAFETY SATURATION SHORT-SEA SHIPPING SPEED TIRES TOTAL COSTS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICY TRAFFIC TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT OF GOODS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRIP TRIPS TROUGH TRUCK DRIVERS TRUCKING TRUCKS VARIABLE COSTS VEHICLE VEHICLE EFFICIENCY VEHICLE FLEET VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS VEHICLE PURCHASES VEHICLES WAITING TIME WEALTH WTO World Bank Road Freight in Central America : Five Explanations to High Costs of Service Provision |
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An efficient system to transport goods
domestically and internationally is a key element of the
logistics chain. Road freight transport has a direct impact
on poverty as it employs millions of people and generates a
significant portion of Gross Domestic Product, or GDP,
especially in low and middle-income countries. Trucking is
the primary form of transportation for domestic,
trans-border, and international cargo, in Central America.
Road freight transport is now vital to production,
distribution, and mobilization, driving economic, social,
and environmental progress. In short, trucking is the
backbone of economies around the world. In the past 20
years, the industry has advanced as technology has improved
communication, management, productivity, including vehicle
efficiency. Their objective in doing so is to expand
markets, generate wealth on the basis of efficient
specialization, introduce competition, and lower costs for
production, distribution, services, and research and
development. When road freight transport services are
efficient, they support these objectives; when they are not
they act as nontariff barriers to trade, creating delays,
raising costs, worsening congestion and pollution. Such
barriers prolong and destabilize delivery schedules, hinder
'just in time' inventory management and industrial
processes, and impede the efficient combination of factors
of production. |
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Road Freight in Central America : Five Explanations to High Costs of Service Provision |
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Road Freight in Central America : Five Explanations to High Costs of Service Provision |
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Road Freight in Central America : Five Explanations to High Costs of Service Provision |
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Road Freight in Central America : Five Explanations to High Costs of Service Provision |
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Road Freight in Central America : Five Explanations to High Costs of Service Provision |
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road freight in central america : five explanations to high costs of service provision |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/558341468242387382/Road-freight-in-Central-America-five-explanations-to-high-costs-of-service-provision-background-paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27105 |
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