Interventions to reduce logistic costs for trade competitiveness and poverty : a productive transformation platform / Jose Luis Guasch.

Logistics are a critical element for country competitiveness and economic performance, including poverty reduction. Most emerging countries such as Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean are focusing on export-led growth strategies and poverty reduction strategies, and their performance is ad...

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Main Author: Guasch, J. Luis (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Series:Contributions to economics,
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Motivation for Analysis and Evaluation of Logistic Costs
  • 2. Objectives and Content of a Logistic Costs Evaluation Task
  • 3. Methodology: Definition, and Selection of Variable to Measure Logistic Costs
  • 4. A Case in Point To Illustrate the Problematic of Logistic Costs
  • 5. Impact and Benefits of Decreases in Logistic Costs
  • 6. Sources, and Incidence of Logistic Costs
  • 7. Methodological Notes and Phases for the Evaluation of Logistic Costs
  • 8. Factors and Elements of Logistic Costs
  • 9. Moving Forward: Towards an Effective Logistics-Infrastructure and Services Platform: Typology of Interventions (soft and Hard) to Reduce Logistic Costs
  • 10. Specific Examples on Interventions to Reduce Logistic Costs and Impact
  • 11. Conclusion.