The Cost of Being Landlocked: Logistics Costs and Supply Chain Reliability

by Jean-François Marteau, Gael Raballand, Jean-François Arvis

This book proposes a new analytical framework to interpret and model the constraints faced by logistics chains in landlocked countries. The case of LLDCs has naturally received special attention for decades, including a specific set of development priorities based on the idea of dependence over the transit state. In this context, efforts to tackle the cost of being landlocked have been mainly directed to ensure or facilitate freedom of transit through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821384082
• ISBN13: 9780821384084
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"